Slush Fund

Sidle 73 track in the Craigieburn Forest Park was built by a great bunch of Ground Effect customers over a weekend just before Xmas in 2012. We had a blast and really enjoyed the company - a big massive thank you for all your effort - it's hard physical work blazing a trail.

The Nambucca Valley Cycle Club has built 8.9km of mtb track over 2012 in the state forest at Nambucca Heads, NSW. The Jacks Ridge track featured in Australian Mountain Bike Magazine's 'places that rock'.

Bike Methven is forever extending the popular Mt Hutt trail network, previously geared towards the gravity set.

A dedicated group of local volunteers led by Craig and Rebekah Tregurtha have created a sweet singletrack at Living Springs near Christchurch.

A few years ago with support from the local council, the Cust Dirt Jump Club crafted a jump park and children's track in the local domain.

A small band of keen mountain bikers keep busy working on the network of tracks on the Denniston Plateau, inland from Westport on the West Coast of the South Island.

Mountain Bike Wagga Inc. in NSW got busy in 2010 working with their local council to repair the trails at Pomingalarna Park. The council recently vehicles to help preserve a large pocket of threatened native flora and fauna. 

Tasmania's Launceston Mountain Bike Club back in 2008 created an all-weather track just outside town. Launceston boasts three riding spots near town and it's a 90 minute drive to the Blue Derby trail network.

Prior to being razed by bush fires in 2003, Canberra's Stromlo Forest Park boasted some of the best and oldest mtb tracks in Australia. Following the devastating fires, the local government committed over six million bucks to reforest and re-establish the area for a variety of recreational pursuits - including mountain biking.

Serendipity visited the Milton Ulladulla District Mountain Bikers on the south coast of NSW in 2008. A landholder identified an overgrown motorbike trail and a lost trail gem was uncovered after cutting back the regrowth. The club also has a trail network at the MUD Mtb Park in Woodburn State Forest.

Back in 2011 the Slush Fund donated some hard cash to equip the trail builders forming Eagle Creek Mtb Park with the tools to help create some magic.

The Hastings Valley Mountain Bike Riders put loads of work into constructing the Port Macquarie Urban Mtb Park. Nestled in a large natural amphitheatre right in the heart of town the park provides year round riding for all abilities.