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Mitta Valley Mountain Bike Park

Masterplan and infrastructure for a Mitta Valley Mountain Bike Park

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Project details

Suggested by: Chris

Project partner: Towong Shire Council

Budget

$168,700.00

Votes

185 votes received

A Masterplan for the development of a Mountain Bike Park in the Mitta Valley to leverage on the region's natural assets and the strong contingent of mountain bikers in North East Victoria.

The first two stages of the Masterplan will also be delivered:
1: Implementation of a Trail Head - infrastructure including carpark, shelters/seating, artistic bike rack with tool station, lighting, and water facilities.
2: One of the Masterplan’s tracks.

The facilities will be available to and benefit all park users including bird watching and bushwalking clubs. The facilities will be for the use of local residents and visitors alike.

The project will benefit the community by:
• Sustaining good mental and physical health through encouraging activity.
• Providing another reason for young people to stay in the region.
• Encouraging visitation by a new market. Mountain bikers currently invest approximately 50 million in North East Victoria and have been identified as a key driver of regional growth.
• Creating new business and employment opportunities.
• Delivering infrastructure for the use of a range of local community groups.

Our Shire is currently the only LGA in the North East not leveraging on the growing mountain bike market.

SUCCESSFUL PROJECT

Project details

Suggested by: Chris

Project partner: Towong Shire Council

Budget

$168,700.00

Votes

185 votes received

Comments

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Kusz

17 Sep 2018

Awesome! We would love to come ride in Mitta!

KrisW

14 Sep 2018

Amazing idea.... Couldn’t think of a better place for it

Eden smith

08 Sep 2018

This would really open up our beautiful area to the rest of the world - great tourist benefits as well as jobs and growth!

Katiem

03 Sep 2018

Fantastic idea, always looking for active things to do in Mitta!

c.m.burns3000@hotmail.com

30 Aug 2018

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Cafe chris

24 Aug 2018

A logical position for these activities, wonderful scenery, landscape, and total environment creating a diverse and active occupational goal for local residents, assisting with the strengthening of the community.

Tim295

20 Aug 2018

A no brainer really..incredible landscape, terrific scenery, nature’s treadmill and a tourist gateway.

FLIC

18 Aug 2018

A great project to enhance and levarage off the sealing of the Great Alpine Way and the Mt Bike users who are already at Falls Creek. ie this will entice them to turn left rather than right onto the Omeo Hwy, not to mention the existing bike enthusiasts from Albury/Wodong

Margie58

18 Aug 2018

This would give so many people a healthy opportunity to experience the nature and beauty of this area

Kelly75

17 Aug 2018

Great idea, awesome trails.

Wendy

15 Aug 2018

This area is an ideal location for a Mountain Bike Project. A great
activity which the whole family can enjoy, something visitors to
the valley would utilise.

Laurie

15 Aug 2018

The mountain bike riders that have swarmed to Derby have changed the entire area in so many positive ways. The most exciting thing was that in their area, young people who were formerly unexcited by their local area were constantly told by visitors how lucky they were to live in such a pristine environment - and they became proud residents, many of whom stayed on in the area taking advantage of the many new employment opportunities. Mountain bikers are generally people with a significant amount of disposable income, and they spend this on local accommodation, food and attractions. So many positives to this plan - Great idea!

Lorentz

15 Aug 2018

This mountain bike project will be a great addition to health and leisure activities in the Mitta valley for locals and visitors alike. The benefits will be felt by all.

Marco

15 Aug 2018

A logical choice for such a beautiful area. The bush around Mitta is completely under utilised, and a mountain biking park would provide a perfect medium for getting people to the town, to stay at the town, and getting kids and families off their PlayStations and out into our great outdoors. Tathra in NSW do this so well. You wouldn’t know the trails exist unless you go looking, and it is a pristine mountain biking Mecca.

Doris R

14 Aug 2018

Go team! This project has the potential to create the foundation for a much more aware and engaged community, experiencing and valuing our unique landscape and ecological jewels.

giltrap@bigpond.com

13 Aug 2018

This is a perfect site for mountain bikes and most other leisure activities

Felicity

13 Aug 2018

Mountain Bike riders have said Mitta Mitta is perfectly placed and offers fabulous scenery and the type of rides that would draw riders from around the world. They compared it to Derby in Tasmania and said 'build it and they will come.'
Mountain Bike riders are the type of tourism we need, they are quiet and cashed up and looking for meals and accommodation - all of which we can offer.
We are so lucky, we have lakes and rivers and creeks that run all year round. We have fabulous views of snow capped Bogong and trails that lead down to ferny gully's and clear mountain streams. There's even a dream of making an epic trail between Mitta Mitta and Dartmouth which will offer a world class ride and be a life blood boost to our small communities.
Eskdale, Mitta Mitta and Dartmouth are delightful little towns that lead the way into the Mitta Valley, they and their communities will benefit in the best way possible from the development of these Mountain Bike trails.