Mountain Bike Trails in Bethunes Gully/Forrester Park

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124 (Grade 2 Beginner)This track links the lower football field section of K9, traverse across the hill to the intersection of Cluny and Norwood St, so you can ride up Bethune’s Gully. Watch the Road Crossing for Cars.

Bethunes Jump Line

Main descent route from the top of the Nat's Track climb. Begins with a series of 4 small/medium sized, but very well built gap-jumps (great fun to session, and all have ride-arounds). The gap jumps are followed by a series of 3 progressively smaller drops (the first is the most difficult, about 3 feet high with a tight run-out), and finishes with a couple of tight corners. The trail ends at the Dead Cow Gully intersection.

Dead Cow Gully

Dead Cow Gully Track (Grade 3+ Intermediate)This track provides a link across a gully (where used to be a dead cow) to the lower section of the Nats XC track and connects with the Zig Zag climbing track from the Mt Cargill Track below. It has a narrow bridge, rough traverse around a tree and is mostly technical XC.

Forrester Loop

K9 (Grade 1 – 2 Beginner)As you are heading up the main road past the BMX track, there is a gravel track that starts on your right, climbs through shurbs and circuits around the outside of the football playing fields, up a small rise and around the dog kennel area, then up to the top playing field.

GLC

Veering left of the In-Out Track, a few steep sharp corners to start with on the relatively gradual climb. When you get to the top veer left around a Skid Site, through a tighter section, over a pipe and then veer left past a locked gate onto Norwood St (Watch for cars), about 50m down the road the tracks veers left onto Zig Zags that traverses the hill, or right down to link with 124 to the football fields.

Gonzo

This is a very technical descent. Once committed to the steep chute don’t bail, it has claimed many a rider. When it’s wet it’s a mud slide so no use having brakes.

Haggis Hunter

Haggis Hunter (Grade 3+ - Intermediate to Expert)Head down along a single track which traverses across the hill down to the Mt Cargill Track. This is a technical XC track, with steep log drops, a narrow bridge, rock drop, wet roots and tight corners.

In and Out

As you head up the Mt Cargill, you can veer hard right and head back up into the forest on a narrow climbing track. A few steep sharp corners to start with on the relatively gradual climb up but the rest is fine (if you don't look down the bank). When you get to the top, watch to the left as riders can drop in from Dead Cow at speed. Follow the track down through some nice bermed corners, sharp corner across a bridge, a log roll and a couple of boardwalks. At the end of the boardwalk, you can follow the track right, to the intersection of Norwood and Cluny St, or you can head left up GLC.

K9

The Zig Zags (Grade 2 Beginner)On the north face of Forrester above the football fields and dog trails area is a descending track that Zig Zags across the hill to link with K9. This provides a link from the Bethune’s Guilly Tracks from Norwood St and GLC..

Mt Cargill Walking Track (Lower)

Mt. Cargill Walking track The true left hand side tracks can be accessed by riding up the lower section of the Mt. Cargill Walking track and then branching off the track into the forest. Alternatively, you can keep climbing up the Mt Cargill walking track, over Lindsay Creek bridge; climbing for a couple of hundred meters until to reach a skidder track on your left just after a steep pitch and second footbridge. From here the Mt. Cargill Walking Track is strictly a walking track so don't climb up any further. You traverse across the hill on a muddy skid track to the top of the gravel road, head down the road looking out for the entrance of the Haggis Hunter on your left (a Road Cone marks the entrance). The gravel road is on private land so please respect the landowner by not traveling down any further.

Nats Track

The Nationals XC (Grade 3+ - Intermediate to Expert)Just before crossing Lindsay Creek Bridge on the true left hand side-hand side, a track begins at the base of the forest, above a grassy clearing. There is an entrance to the Nats XC climb and an exit from the The Chute. Head up the technical steep climb to the top of the forest, then come down a technical descent with jumps, drops and tight corners. Its fun, but not for the feint hearted. Just before a steep drop, the track branches, left into Dead Cow Gully or right down the Chute, a Grade 3+ drop down back to the start of the Nats XC and to join Mt Cargill track near Lindsay Creek bridge again.

Personal Space

Bermy flow track with great corners. Starts at the top of the hill next to the fence line. Get as close to the trees as you can for maximum excitement.

Skid Track / Road

Rough muddy link to the Forest Access road. Head down on the road for about 70m and look for a road cone to identify the entrace to Haggis Hunter.

Spooky Forest

Forrester Park tracks provides a beginner grade circuit for all skill bases. Spooky Forest (Grade 2 – Beginner) From the top football field, you head down a switch back track (mostly suitable for kids, but has some steep berms) in the pines, a couple of small jumps at the bottom, then a gradual climb to the top car park above the BMX track. You can descend to the bottom car park on a fast gravel track, with some drops and then back up a steep link with Spooky again. Those whom want to can have a play on the BMX course as well.

Vertderferk

Heads up the clay track off of the GLC. Heads up a steep set of switchbacks then heads down the hill with some flowy single track. The climb track of this track will be improved with time and become more suitable once we get onto it.