Slush Fund

The Firepit Pump Track and Dirt Jump Park at Ngatimoti in the Motueka Valley opened in 2011. It's the ideal place to brush up your bike handling skills or add a few more tricks to your quiver.

Gippsland Mtb Inc. in Victoria maintains the Blores Hill trail network. Constructing new berms, rock armouring and improving drainage are all part of the work of the volunteers.

Over a decade ago Bike Taupō was given the green light by the then Ministry of Tourism to complete the 88 km Great Lake Trails on the western shores of Lake Taupō. The 88 km Great Lakes Trails are part of Ngā Haerenga New Zealand Cycle Trails network.

A small group of volunteers are always busy maintaining the trail network based in the Centennial Reserve on the southern slopes of Mt Crawford in the Wellington suburb of Miramar. The Slush Fund helped out with some tools right back at the beginning of the project.

In 2004 the Whitianga Bike Club began developing mtb trails on land leased to them by the Thames Coromandel District Co. The Slush Fund started helping the Club out in 2005. In 2023 the hunt is on to replace the Bike Park & Community Gardens site with a new and more appropriate spot.

The Townsville Rockwheelers Mtb Club build and maintain a large network of mtb tracks near Townsville in QLD. There are now a number of riding areas including Ross River Dam; Douglas Rock Mtb Park; and Mount Stuart that the Ground Effect Slush Fund have made contributions to.

The Wainuiomata phenomenon continues... In the early years the Ground Effect Slush Fund helped out with funds for tools and wheelbarrows to get the party started.

The New Zealand Conservation Authority in 2012 approved mountain bike access up the Poulter Valley in Arthur's Pass National Park, after an initial three-year trial period.

The Geraldine Lions and Cycling Club have developed 20 km track on Department of Conservation land along the Orari River.

MacKenzie Country locals got together in 2008 to develop the The Lake Tekapo/Tākapo Regional Park within existing forest on the south east edge of Lake Tekapo village. The intention was to foster a range of activities including mtbing.

In the early 2000s the Eurobodalla Cycling Club maintained the Maulbrooks Mtb Tracks in Mogo State Forest, 15 km from Batemans Bay. Fast forward to 2023 and a 150 km network of mtb trails plus the Mogo Adventure Trail Hub were under construction. In 2025 Mogo will host the iconic Sea Otter event.

The Dunghutti Sport and Recreation Indigenous Corporation and the Kempsey Macleay Off Road Cyclists formed a partnership in 2012 to extend the local trail network around Kempsey, north of Port Macquarie, NSW.