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Name: You Yangs - 1

Directions: About 50 mins drive from Melbourne along Geelong Fwy. Turn off at You Yangs exit. 

Trails:     Sharp corners not too steep be careful of dam.

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Name: You Yangs - 2

Directions: About 50 mins drive from Melbourne, take the You Yangs turn off. 

Trails:     Steep and fast sections jumps not very long watch for troughs in track.

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Name: Mt Dandenong

Directions: Starts next to the Olinda Golf Course, just past the Fire Station.

Trails:     Fast first section. not many jumps, not a hard track, just fun and fast dirt(mud), gravel medium steepness.

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Name: Maribyrnong River Quarry

Directions: Maribyrnong River near Avondale Heights (on the St Albans side). It can be accessed from both sides of the river. You can drive to the top on the St Albans side and cross the river at a ford off the bicycle track on the Avondale side.

Trails:     There is a great deal of variety in biking here, single track, drop offs, a few jumps (not very good though), downhills and some very steep stuff. The place sprawls along the Maribyrnong for kilometers so you can spend a few hours riding around here, you certainly won't get bored here too quickly.

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Name: Road Eleven (Bicentennial National Trail)

Directions: Yarra Ranges National Park, Toolangi, appx 70 km N/E of Melbourne.

Trails:     We're talking jumping some serious trees, large rocks and branches. Not too many corners at the start, but further down, very windy and fast at the same time. One section up hill on this track, very short, only about 400 meters.

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Name: Weasel Creek Track

Directions: Toolangi State Forest, appx 60 km N/E of Melbourne

Trails:     This track has the hugest jumps of all time. These jumps are actually big fat gutters, which have been well rounded on both entry and exit. Motor bikes a bit of a problem in this area.

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Name: Lowes Road

Directions: Healesville, appx 55 km N/E of Melbourne

Trails:     I recommend travelling to Toolangi then gain entry to Lowes Road through the Institute for Horticultural Development (Spud Farm) by turning right when the Polyhouses appear on the right, then via Spud Track. Large rocks in the road are a problem at the top end of the road. Traffic hazard from the half way point onwards.

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Name: Rays Track

Directions: Toolangi, appx 60 km N/E of Melbourne

Trails:     Very straight all the way through. This has to be the steepest track that I've ever had the displeasure of riding on. On numerous occasions, I have had both wheels locked, and I'm sure we all know how difficult it is to keep control of a bike when the front wheel is locked. Really tough short track.

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Name: Xanthorrea Track

Directions: Toolangi, app. 60 km N/E of Melbourne

Trails:     The track is in good condition and is very fast in sections. One bitchin 180 corner right at the end.

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Name: Monda Track

Directions: Yarra Ranges National Park, Toolangi, app. 70 km N/E of Melbourne

Trails:     Big ride up the, however, the ride back down is spectacular, and far outweighs the cost of the journey up the hill. For the game ones, you can even tackle Mt. St Leonard. You can't take cars up there. Watch out for logging traffic (log trucks, heavy machinery) when you're speeding down the hill, but otherwise the road is well maintained because of this reason.

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Name: Scout Track

Directions: Old Chum Creek Road- Chum Creek, app. 60 km N/E of Melbourne

Trails:     Easy ride this one. Just up the bitumen road, then down the track at the Red Dirt Corner. Lots of mud in winter, but hey, that's half the fun. Huge puddles down the bottom.

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Name: Whipstick

Directions: Just to the West of Town, you can pick up the trial in the Whipstick National Forest. Or, stop into the Bendigo Info Centre in the middle of town and pick up a map.

Trails:     Well maintained trail, some rocky areas, lots of climbs and descents on the East end of town near One Tree Hill (Latrobe Uni)

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Name: Blackhill Trails

Directions: Ballarat, go up to the Blackhill lookout the trail head is nearby.

Trails:     lots of runoff chanels, jump area in the middle.

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Name: Blackwood Trails

Directions: Blackwood, head up the Ballarat Rd, and turn off towards the Blackwood Ranges

Take the O'Briens crossing rd, about 6 ks from blackwood. There is any amount of tracks off this road. Nearly all of the tracks on the right side of the road are dead ends. Alot of the trails are shut during the winter months (no 4wd's to do battle with, bonus). Most of the tracks in this area link up.

Trails:     Fire brake one. 15km coming from the gisborne end, some good fairly smooth down hill stretchs(it gets graded every couple of years) down to a creek. then up a steepish pinch onto Ratcliff track TR 6km mostly flatish then onto blue gum track TR 6 or 7kmTL onto Bluegum/O'Brien link track 45km folow this to the right a couple of down hill stretches. There is a few deep wallows on this track but other wise it's not to bad. this track takes you to O'Brien road, where hopefully a ute is waiting for you.
XL track is closer to Blackwood from Fire break 1 and crosses 2 other roads. Good down hill sections, some are a bit rocky, a creek crossing. You can take the creek full noise, no rocks in this one.
Some other good trails in this area are Possum Track, Corner Track. And if you've got big nackers Watties track. Very steep and rocky coming from both ends.

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Name: Devonshire tease

Directions: See Melways Ref.

Trails:     Single Track

Length:     7.7+ Km

Melways:    30 J12

 

 

 

 

Name: Eagle View trails

Directions: Go to the Middlands golf course in Ballarat. Ask someone or follow the signs. Go up past the golf course, past the roundabout and on your right beside the dead peoples home you will see fire track, follow that and if you ant take the tracks that go down the hill to the road there not that easy but if not keep going along the fire track right till the end and go right ther could be water there u should be right just check if unsure, but the trail the best one is straight in front and its is fast and fun but other then that just ride around to go to far back and some motorbike riders show up but want be near u to much so have fun. (Will Update)

Trails:     Fast and bumpy, the other tracks are farly good and have good jumps. (Will Update)

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Name: Emerald Lake

Directions: From Melbourne, take the Monash Freeway, exit @ Wellington Rd, follow straight to the end, turn right and "T" intersection, and head towards Emerald. You will see Clematis pub in front of you, save that for later. Cross the Puffing Billy train tracks, go through the first round about, then turn right at the second round about. Follow the road around to the right, and turn left down a dirt road just BEFORE the puffing bill tracks. Follow to the end. (Nobelius train station) You could catch the train to Belgrave station, then catch puffing billy or the Gembrooke bus from there. (Will Update)

Trails:     take your bike to the Nobelius station plattform. Get a huge run up heading towards the forest, take a 90 degree turn about 20 feet after the platform finishes, take the largerst of the 2 drops on the right, head straight down the hill and vere left, follow the track. At the end, take a left, go accross the gully, take the second track on the right after the dip, and go down fast. All tracks take you to the lake. Once you go through the only gate at the car park.....the track you are on goes around Emerald lake. If you follow that and up to your right, there is a nice 10-15 foot jump, but if you look down the hill to your left, you will come accross several single track, downhill sections, pretty short, but excellent for practise. There are drops, fast lines, fast corners, roots etc. If you ask the rangers, they can give you a map of the cross country course (National titles being held here). For those alert riders, there are secret jumps in the forest below emerald lake road. (Will Update)

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Name: Olinda to Silvan Reservoir

Directions: Start at the Olinda Golf course carpark (melways 122 A 8) off Olinda-Monbulk Road. Ride along this road until the first road on your left. Follow this about 50 metres and you will see a gate on your left at the end of the golf course. This is the start, I think it is called Rock Track. At the end of this semi technical trail, turn right and follow the fire roads all the way to silvan reservoir.

Trails:     Starts off a semi-technical decent single track, followed by well made fire roads. This trail is high speed. Make sure you leave a car at Silvan reservoir, or be prepared for a long ride back. Overall it is a good, quick downhill. Some good views, and a little interesting with the single track.

Length:     Approx. 6 Km.

Melways:    122 A 8

 

 

 

 

Name: Rankins Fireline

Directions: Located in the Bunyip State Forest 10km east of Gembrook, 70km East Melbourne. A good starting point is Mortimor Reserve, travel 5km up Link Rd, Right into Burgess Rd, Rankins is 2km on the left

Trails:     Harsh Downhill, severe ruts, sharp corners with some water bars suitable for big air, shallow puddles, even some fast sections.

Length:     5 Km.

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Name: Studley Park

Directions: The trail begins just off Studley Park Road opposite the golfcourse.

Trails:     There are heaps of fast downhill single tracks and a downhill run with jumps and drop offs.

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Name: Union Jack Trails (Ballarat)

Directions: Follow Elizabeth St (the first street in Buninyong if your coming from Mt Clear) up until it gets into the bush and away from the houses, you can either park at the cross-roads or keep driving until you get to a couple of big cypress trees and park there.

Trails:     Nice fast and flowing tracks, not very technical so you can just concentrate on reaching maximum speed. The faster and funner tracks are at the northern end of the bush reserve.

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Name: Middle Creek Trail, Yinnar South

Directions: Head South from Morwell to Boolarra via Churchill, take Monash Way from Churchill to Boolarra, about 5 Kilometres out of Churchill turn left and go to Yinnar South. Set up camp at Martin Walker Reserve, then commence riding up Middle Creek road. At 6 Kilometer mark head East up single trail. First bit steep and tough but after that spectacular views and 60 - 70 Kilometers of un-interupted riding on single tracks following ridges and gullies through some Myrtle Beech forests which date back to the last ice age. All about 2 hours from Melbourne

Trails:     Single trails from beginners to pro-riders, ample trail options on the way

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