Do you have a track you want upgraded?

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Do you have a track you want upgraded?

Postby stepbystep » Tue 05 Aug, 2014 8:35 am

Environment Tasmania has some money to spend.

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Re: Do you have a track you want upgraded?

Postby north-north-west » Tue 05 Aug, 2014 7:56 pm

Portions of the South Coast Track come to mind. Not to mention all the muddy bits of the Old Port Davey Track. And then . . .
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Re: Do you have a track you want upgraded?

Postby icefest » Tue 05 Aug, 2014 8:03 pm

Redo signage on the SCT, The mud I do not mind, but where the landscape is suffering might require it.

Or rather get an extra couple of sputniks e.g. at lake Rhona.
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Re: Do you have a track you want upgraded?

Postby Strider » Tue 05 Aug, 2014 8:41 pm

A big +1 on fixing the toilet problem at Lake Rhona!
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Re: Do you have a track you want upgraded?

Postby tastrax » Tue 05 Aug, 2014 9:17 pm

"To be eligible, tracks need to be in new reserves under the Tasmanian Forest Agreement"
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Re: Do you have a track you want upgraded?

Postby north-north-west » Tue 05 Aug, 2014 11:29 pm

tastrax wrote:"To be eligible, tracks need to be in new reserves under the Tasmanian Forest Agreement"

Are there any?
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Re: Do you have a track you want upgraded?

Postby nickthetasmaniac » Wed 06 Aug, 2014 2:40 pm

If they qualified I would've said sputniks for Rhona + Upper Bechervaise Plateau, and duckboards for the Pelion Plains section of the Mt Oakleigh Track.
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Re: Do you have a track you want upgraded?

Postby icefest » Wed 06 Aug, 2014 2:43 pm

nickthetasmaniac wrote:duckboards for the Pelion Plains section of the Mt Oakleigh Track.

Oh, god yes.

If the river doesn't get you then the 2m deep holes will. It's not good to step on unless you can see footprints!
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Re: Do you have a track you want upgraded?

Postby north-north-west » Sun 10 Aug, 2014 8:41 pm

tastrax wrote:"To be eligible, tracks need to be in new reserves under the Tasmanian Forest Agreement"

Would Weld qualify - the lower parts of the track at least? That's a great place and a bit of maintenance on the track would make it so much more pleasant.
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Re: Do you have a track you want upgraded?

Postby stepbystep » Tue 12 Aug, 2014 12:44 pm

north-north-west wrote:
tastrax wrote:"To be eligible, tracks need to be in new reserves under the Tasmanian Forest Agreement"

Would Weld qualify - the lower parts of the track at least? That's a great place and a bit of maintenance on the track would make it so much more pleasant.


Weld should always remain an annoyance. It's a Tasmanian tradition :)

Perhaps Mueller track, Wylds and Sth Pictons if they qualify. Got a map/link handy tastrax?
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Re: Do you have a track you want upgraded?

Postby tastrax » Tue 12 Aug, 2014 10:44 pm

Probably anywhere within the TFA layer on list

http://maps.thelist.tas.gov.au/listmap/ ... rkId=40456
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Re: Do you have a track you want upgraded?

Postby bluewombat » Sun 17 Aug, 2014 9:43 am

I would second a bit of work on Weld, it is a great walk but the lower sections are overgrown and in places indistinct.
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Re: Do you have a track you want upgraded?

Postby Dolerite Walker » Tue 19 Aug, 2014 9:48 pm

bluewombat wrote:I would second a bit of work on Weld, it is a great walk but the lower sections are overgrown and in places indistinct.
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Chainsaw worthy or just pruning shears?
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Re: Do you have a track you want upgraded?

Postby north-north-west » Fri 22 Aug, 2014 6:33 pm

Dolerite Walker wrote:
bluewombat wrote:I would second a bit of work on Weld, it is a great walk but the lower sections are overgrown and in places indistinct.
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Chainsaw worthy or just pruning shears?

Napalm would be a good start.
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