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aza280
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Joined: 29 Dec 2007
Posts: 34
Location: Newcastle
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 Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:38 pm Post subject: Newcastle Trail Riding |
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Anyone into trail riding around Newcastle Hunter area?.
If so where do you ride without running into the boys in Blue?
There is only so many times you can ride the same tracks so Im looking for new places to ride and new people to ride with so if anyone is interested just let me know when and where.
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aza280
50cc nipper
Joined: 29 Dec 2007
Posts: 34
Location: Newcastle
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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Ok after much searching the internet I have found a place were we can do some trail riding legaly not to far from Newcastle.
Stapleton Mirannie Mountain Wilderness Park
859 Glendonbrook Rd, Glendonbrook, NSW 2330
Phone: (02) 6577 6197
I gave the guy a call today and said anyone is welcome to ride there for a small fee $20per day for as many quads as you can fit on your viehcle or $30 for a weekend there is Basic camping facilitys. You just have to let him know by phone the day before you plan to arrive. It is not very well signed or advertised so you best to get directions from the owner. I plan on checking it out next weekend if anyone is interested in coming feel free. 
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jezza450r
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Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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I'm interested in that place too. Can you post here of your experience once you have been there?
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THENAV
90cc 2 stroke / 110 4 stroke
Joined: 09 Oct 2007
Posts: 82
Location: Mannering Park, NSW
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id be keen for this so woud the missus. cant go this weekend coming november 8th
but any weekend after that im ver keen. we are quickly runnig out of places to ride with getting pulled by cops.
were you planning a weekend or just the day.
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4wheelridaz
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Joined: 21 Dec 2007
Posts: 180
Location: blacksmiths-newcastle
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject: me too! |
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| id be keen i havent rode alot of trails since i got my quad for that reason either getting pulled up by cops or chased off im super keen to ride dirt so put me down for two quads to go possibly let me know more mate cheers |
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THENAV
90cc 2 stroke / 110 4 stroke
Joined: 09 Oct 2007
Posts: 82
Location: Mannering Park, NSW
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i just rung loyd the owner of the 1000 acre property. i was on the phone to him for over 30mins talking about things camping sites, tracks etc.
then he warned me about sightings of a yowie (aka bigfoot) on the property. this thing jumped his 8 foot gate that was only 300meters fvrom his house. hw has 4 alaskan malumutes thats 200kgs of dog and they are no small dog either. it hasnt killed anyone. but it is a warning dont go up there alone or when its wet. they dont like light or noise.
im still keen to go up there and check the place out but im nervous to stay the night let alone the wekend i might sleep in the car. i intend to take the lemon gun and lots of bungers for protection.
im plannig opn going up on the wekend of 15th november if any is still keen. aparently alot of ppl still go up there both in big 4wds and bikes and still are not fussed about this sighting.
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aza280
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Joined: 29 Dec 2007
Posts: 34
Location: Newcastle
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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For those interested in this weekend im planning on going up on the (8th) Saturday getting there about 9-9.30am just for the day. Wheather permitting as he wont let you ride when the tracks are wet.
Need anymore info just PM me
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jezza450r
50cc nipper
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
Posts: 30
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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| aza280 wrote: | For those interested in this weekend im planning on going up on the (8th) Saturday getting there about 9-9.30am just for the day. Wheather permitting as he wont let you ride when the tracks are wet.
Need anymore info just PM me
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I'm up for the 8th.
Might drag a friend along with a 4wd quad to drag us out if we get bogged  lol
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THENAV
90cc 2 stroke / 110 4 stroke
Joined: 09 Oct 2007
Posts: 82
Location: Mannering Park, NSW
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if you get boged your not trying hard enough lol
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peterjameswalker
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Joined: 13 Sep 2008
Posts: 28
Location: maitland
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:29 am Post subject: |
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| i have been up there a few times, its freakin awesome, quite challenging in a few spots though, fairly steep and rocky. Have fun!!! |
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brettski
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Joined: 03 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:09 am Post subject: |
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| yeah ive herd its pretty rocky and rough up there. challenging but lots of fun |
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Misschat
50cc nipper
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Posts: 6
Location: weston
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:11 am Post subject: |
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I have been going to this property for 3 years now with my 4wd club. We went up on the weekend of 31st, 1st & 2nd of nov for 3 days camping and a couple of us outta the club took our bikes up for a ride. In all there were 10 bikes. Loyd is a fair man to where you can ride and where your not allowed. Fees are fair too. Went for a ride on my bike this weekend just gone up to the look out. Good ride up there but like the other boys said a bit rocky thou. Still had a ball as always up there on loyds property. If you are going in a standard car watch the creek crossing as it can get deep. It covered the wheels on my trailer on the weekend. But there is a longer way around. Will be back up there again in a few months, and will take the bike back up for another run.
No sign of the YOWIE! in 3 days of camping!
To those that go up enjoy the good ride! |
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THENAV
90cc 2 stroke / 110 4 stroke
Joined: 09 Oct 2007
Posts: 82
Location: Mannering Park, NSW
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im heading up there on the 16th november. if anyone wants to tag along
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aza280
50cc nipper
Joined: 29 Dec 2007
Posts: 34
Location: Newcastle
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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Yeh thanks ann i will enjoy the ride  |
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The Two Stroke Smoker
Roostin Away
Joined: 03 Jul 2007
Posts: 541
Location: mid pack
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:56 pm Post subject: Keen |
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Hey THENAV Im in for the 16th at this stage. Will talk to the boys and see if i can get another 6 bikes to come. Are you staying over night or just a day trip.
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THENAV
90cc 2 stroke / 110 4 stroke
Joined: 09 Oct 2007
Posts: 82
Location: Mannering Park, NSW
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cotto
prolly just the day but planning to be there at 7-8am and leave about 5pm so we get a whole day in.
jeff
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The Two Stroke Smoker
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject: good |
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Got 5 of us coming along for the day. Maybe about 4 2 wheelers will be coming aswell, not sure yet. The quads are a def tho. Cant wait should be a good day. i will pm you my number closer to the day so we can meet up somewhere if thats cool?
Cheers James
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THENAV
90cc 2 stroke / 110 4 stroke
Joined: 09 Oct 2007
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Location: Mannering Park, NSW
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too easy mate. looking forward to this
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jezza450r
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Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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Me and a couple of mates are going there tomorrow.
Lets hope it doesnt rain.
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THENAV
90cc 2 stroke / 110 4 stroke
Joined: 09 Oct 2007
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Location: Mannering Park, NSW
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showers tomorrow for the north west but clearing in the morning. was planning on goin this weekend but got other stuff on im heading up there next weekend aka sunday. watch out for yowies lol
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jezza450r
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Had a good day yesterday. We had 3 quads, Raptor 700R, my YFZ450 and a Polaris Agbike with an electric winch.
We got there at about 8:30am, having left Kellyville (Sydney) at around 5:45am, and went directly towards Singleton via Putty Rd. We had the best run ever, not a single car in front of us, not a copper in sight, its like we owned that road. The stupid in car GPS kept complaining that we should be going the F1 motorway, but we knew better.
Finding the place on Glendonbrook Rd was very easy, the gate is about 250m past the Glendonbrook Hall on the left. Once you drive in its basically a dirt road through another 2 gates and you arrive at the edge of the property. To get onto the property you have to cross a creek, which you can not do without a 4WD. We simply left the 2WD ute behind, after we offloaded the quads and our gear, and just took the 4WD ute across with the quads riding in front.
First thing I ride over was a cow crap and fling "profanity removed" all over me and my bike, mad start to the day.
There were two families there with kids on the camping grounds, which is right next to some nice flats track where you can do some sideways action. Just gotta be careful cause of kids riding there and all the dust can be pushed by the wind on all the campers
Awesome place with heaps of tracks to ride on, basically every surface you can think of, from simple grassy paddocks to bloody steep rock crawls.
One of the tracks is almost friggin vertical, if your engine stops, you might as well bail and let the quad cartwheel down.
It also very easy to get lost so either bring a GPS that records your path or wait for Lloyd (the owner) to bring you a map. A lot of the tracks intersect each other so you can ways ride on the same tracks but not the same way, so the combinations are huge, you wont be bored in any way. Just be careful on some of the "straights" because there are lots of surprises, I suggest doing a "non crazy" run to get to know the place and then got full stick once you know what to look out for. One scary moment was when I went full stick not thinking and did a sharp turn, when I looked over the edge, I nearly "profanity removed" myself because it was a vertical drop down about 50 meters.
I had a few battle scars, and nearly came off the bike. I hit a massive rock and it simply ripped off my swing arm bash plate like it was just glued on, had to ride half a day with my chain, sprocket and disk brake exposed, so was a little more careful than before but that didnt dampen the fun in any way. It's also more apparent that my bike needs a hell of a good tune, by the end of the day it was struggling and coughing like an old man thats been smoking for 50 years.
Views are spectacular from the top of the hill, it was a bit overcast so I think we were limited to about 80kms, but it was the best place to have lunch. Best of all, we had no rain
We are definitely going again.
Jerry
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THENAV
90cc 2 stroke / 110 4 stroke
Joined: 09 Oct 2007
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Location: Mannering Park, NSW
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good to hear. bout 10 of us are heading up there next weekend sound slike a mad day out. now i gotta check the bikes over and stuff dont wanna do it up there.
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Oldrodder
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject: Yowie |
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Just spotted Lloyd on the end of the NBN news talking about his YOWIE, so be careful up there   |
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THENAV
90cc 2 stroke / 110 4 stroke
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Location: Mannering Park, NSW
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let me know when your goin up there again we will tag along
jeff
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Misschat
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| Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:54 am Post subject: |
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My Partner and I, went up to Marrianne Mountain yesterday. Friends of ours are camping there for the week . Going back up there for another ride and camp over New Years Eve and day! Very dry up there at tne moment. But awesome fun to ride. great for the kids as well to learn.
Went for a ride with about 10 other bikes. All mixed from Impotered ones to top of the range bikes. All bikes went well. Went up to the look out and the track was pretty steep and insane but awesome ride again.
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