Trail maintenance in the works around Victoria

In late 2023, AusCycling was successful in receiving a small grant from the Victorian Government to facilitate regional workshops for the Victorian mountain bike community. 

AusCycling engaged Blue Sky Trails as our delivery partner, and have support from Outdoors Victoria, to facilitate five workshops across Victoria to benefit our MTB Club community and their local stakeholders.

These informative and interactive workshops and training sessions aim to upskill and empower MTB clubs to develop and manage sustainable trail networks, supported by robust governance structures and skilled volunteers.

Volunteers at the Surf Coast trail maintenance workshop

Targeting MTB club executives and trail care volunteers, our Victorian MTB clubs will be provided the skillset, tools and mindset to understand and apply best practice governance, strategic planning, trail planning, and trail management and maintenance tasks with consideration to the land manager, sustainability and resilience, rider experience, cultural heritage, and natural environment management.

 Ash Gray from Blue Sky Trails has facilitated two workshops so far – one hosted by Surf Coast MTB Club at Anglesea and the second hosted by Bendigo MTB Club at Spring Gully. 

"Quality trail maintenance helps to improve trail sustainability, provides a better user experience, and helps protect the environment. It’s necessary for risk management, a great way to improve your local trails and a way to contribute to your community," he said.

Bendigo MTB club members at the recent trail workshop

This weekend sees the third workshop with Lysterfield District Trail Riders and other metropolitan clubs at Lysterfield Park.  

The final workshops will be held in Gippsland and Beechworth following our busy MTB events period, in April / May 2025.

If you’d like to find out more, please get in touch with Melissa Ward at [email protected] .