Following the success Term 1, Collie Mountain Bike Association continued our volunteer trail maintenance program: Wambenger Wednesdays for another 3 months.
Over 10 weeks volunteers from the Collie Mountain Bike community teamed up to refresh the Kylie Trail. A total of 10 individual volunteers contributed 57 hours of maintenance time, working together to restore a local weeknight social-ride favourite.
This term we expanded our impact from general trail care to detailed restoration work, building trail maintenance skills and sustainable practices within our volunteer team.
In addition to pruning and clearing the trail corridor, volunteers re-established drainage, removed sediment build-up, and repaired approximately 50 technical trail features including berms, jumps, ruts and braking bumps.
At the end of term we celebrated with a ‘Pedal ’n’ Pint’ social ride finishing at the Crown.
Feedback from the day was overwhelmingly positive, with riders noticing a huge improvement in the maintained sections and expressing excitement for what’s ahead in Term 3.
Below are our goals for our first year of operation and how we are tracking:
Consistency - No cancellations, except for extreme weather.
On track! Wambenger Wednesdays has continued without interruption.
Community Growth - Build and track attendance to >5 average participants
We now have 3 regular volunteers supported by a pool of 14 casual volunteers.
Average weekly attendance is 4.3 people up 0.7 from term 1.
Education - Coach participants on sustainable trail practices - seek accreditation
Volunteers are continuing to develop their skills in sustainable maintenance practices, taking a keen interest in erosion control and technical feature repairs.
Partnership - Work with land managers to care for Collie’s trails.
Term 2 was delivered with the support of DBCA
Term 3 program has also been aproved.
In Term 3 our focus shifts to the Arklow network, click here to find out more!
