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John Wallace's Discussions
IMBA Australasian summit 2013
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2013 IMBA Australasian…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by John Wallace May 3.
Join the SW MTB Club
The SW Mountain Bike Club is going on a membership drive for its 20th year annerversary.Click on the links and download the membership form to fill out and send into the club.…Continue
Started Feb 25
Trails Grants now open
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The new round of trails grants from lottery west are now open.Follow the link to the DSR site.2013 trails grantswhat…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by John Wallace Dec 21, 2012.
Pile road maintenance day
Pile Road maintenance day. A pile road maintenance day will be held on the 24th June, starting at 9am. Meet at the bottom trailhead for a safety brief and instructions for the day. Trail maintenance…Continue
Tags: mtb, day, maintenance, rd, pile
Started Jun 7, 2012
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"Photography
(cert 4 design (photography) I've just started.)"
John Wallace replied to John Wallace's discussion IMBA Australasian summit 2013
"2 People from the Margret river club and myself will be attending the IMBA Summit in Cairns.
We hope to bring back info and connections from networking with world class leaders of the mtb trails scene.
The aim will be to bring professionals to grass…"
John Wallace commented on John Wallace's photo
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"here is how you get to the other island(ceningan Island to take the other phtot shot)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTiIwFTE1X4
It got destroyed recently in some high winds
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John Wallace commented on John Wallace's photo
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"Amazing these two pics are basiically looking at each other. No more than 600 meters apart."
John Wallace commented on John Wallace's photo
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"I saw this photo on trailtalk and thought," thats a nice photo.!".
I looked at it and thought "wow", nice place to be!
It looked a little familiar, then I had a look at who took it .. well .. I did.
I spent the day with a mate…"
Chris Doroszenko replied to John Wallace's discussion IMBA Australasian summit 2013
"In the few years since Nick has worked on the South Australian trails and stepped up to run IMBA Aussie branch there has been so much to look forward to. QLD being my home state makes me keen to hear what comes out of this coming together. Thanks to…"
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Collie MTB Workshop
Collies has entered the mountain bike community in full swing by hosting a MTB trail forum. It was about bringing professionals to grass roots advocacy and building good relationships with land managers
The day started with local speakers talking about their trail systems and…
ContinuePosted on June 26, 2012 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment
Trail maintenance after the storm.
The June storms have wrecked havoc on the local trails around Collie, with Debris and trees all over the trails.
The Collie MTB riders were quick to get into action for a clean up after the worst of the weather had finished.
About 10 riders took some time out, and gave Rays trail a big clean up. Rakes, shovels, axes and chainsaw in hand had the trail looking like new with several hours work…
ContinuePosted on June 14, 2012 at 2:52pm — 3 Comments
My day at the 2012 trails conference
The 2012 WA State Trails Conference was held at the University of WA on the 25th of May. The talks were held at various locations on campus, making sure we got our 15 minutes of exercise for the day by walking between the various venues. With close to 200 delegates in attendance, it was by far the largest State Trails Conference yet.
International guest speaker Dafydd Davies was the star attraction for the day. He talked about sustainable trails, planning, frame work and using trails…
ContinuePosted on May 30, 2012 at 10:42am — 3 Comments
Pile rd MTB trails turn 11 years old.
Pile rd trails turns 11 years old
The lennard mountain bike trails commonly known as the Pile rd trails has just had its birthday this week turning 11 years old. It was officially opened on the 18th March 2001.
The original trail which was used for racing was the butchers trail. XC racing were held on the butchers trail for about 10 years previous, taking us back over 20 years of history of mtb riding at the pile rd location.
Down hill races were held down Millbrook…
Posted on March 27, 2012 at 8:00am — 1 Comment
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 6:55pm on October 19, 2011,
Terry Howe said…
- Hi John. I work week on/ off in mining so a 2 HR drive isn't a big deal as I have a week to explore about. Thanks for the info, another one I'll definitely look into. Cheers, Terry.
- At 10:06pm on June 25, 2010,
Steven Mills said… - i do prefer the more technical trails such as turner hill, forsythe mill and little ovens but don't mind the heritage trail and especially the munda biddi trail aswell.
what sort of trails do you prefer?
- At 12:48pm on June 21, 2010, Steven Mills said…
- Hi John
been on the munda biddi for the last two week hence the late reply.
the bike is a Cannondale Moto2 with fox talas 36 on the front 160mm travel
and fox dhx4 on the rear
regards
Steve
- At 7:38pm on April 6, 2010,
Trailtalk Admin said… - Hi John
Welcome to Trailtalk. Hope you will find the site useful to promote the issues/events that the swmbc is involved in. You can always promote an event with a link to your own website for more information. Cheers, Linda
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