There have been some changes in regard to the Parkrun event at North Weston Ponds; not all of them good. For a start, due to the closure of the old management track by the Suburban Land Agency (see https://www.actea.asn.au/whats-happening-at-north-weston-ponds), the Parkrun route has had to be moved and now appears to include more of the BNT than before. It has taken ACTEA months to convince…
Since May 2017 ACTEA and the Bicentennial National Trail Section Coordinator have been in discussions with the Arboretum about the impact of their Tracks and Trails Strategy on the route of the BNT through their estate. After several iterations of design and a few meetings and field trips we now have an agreed updated route which, after all the excitement, is not much different to…
Today ACTEA had a call from the Heysen Street Path TCCS project officer to say that the Minister has directed them to look at the options for taking the bike path through the corner of Oakey Hill Reserve. This appears to be more a response to Pedal Powers letter agreeing with ACTEA’s position than anything ACTEA had to say. Apparently they told Pedal Power about…
The observant will have noticed that there are earthworks underway at North Weston Ponds. The Suburban Land Agency is undertaking landscaping improvements on the edges of the suburb of Coombs. The work has been divided into two stages to minimise the impact on users such as equestrians and the Bicentennial National Trail for as long as possible. Stage 1, between John Gorton Parkway and the…
The ACT Government has established a new virtual community panel to seek citizens’ views about various matters. It is probably in response to the Chief Minister’s concerns that only the old and the disgruntled participate in community consultation at the moment – at least they don’t agree with him as much as he’d like. Every opportunity to make your views about your preferred life in…
Update: On 31 July ACTEA attended one of the workshops organised by Parks & Conservation to gauge cycling community views about the Best of Canberra Project. It was very well attended and both it and an earlier workshop were booked out to the point that a third workshop was added. It was interesting to hear mountain bike cyclists complain about the facilities in Canberra. Their…
With an eye to the long view the ACT Equestrian Association and the local Bicentennial National Trail Coordinator are looking at options for linking the BNT in the north west of Canberra to Stromlo Forest Park and connections from there to the south. To this end there have been several meetings and site visits over the last few years. At the moment the ACT Government…
On 13 June, the ACTEA AGM elected a new Committee for the coming year. The new ACTEA Committee is President: Christine Lawrence Vice-President: Cathy Banwell Secretary: vacant Minute Secretary: Keryn Kefous Treasurer: Jacqui Knobel Public Officer: Beth Stone Members: Helen King, Lauren McIntosh, Natasha Webb Contacts for Committee members are on the ACTEA Committee page. ACTEA would like to thank Kerryn Wilde and Jennifer Magrison…
At its Annual General Meeting on Thursday 13 June, the ACT Equestrian Association elected new Committee members and said goodbye to some old ones. Contacts for the new Committee will be updated on the Committee page. The Committee for 2019-20 is President: Christine Lawrence Vice-President: Cathy Banwell Secretary: vacant Treasurer: Jacqui Knobel Public Officer: Beth Stone Minute Secretary: Keryn Kefous Members: Lauren McIntosh, Helen King…
There is a new trails map for Stromlo Forest Park. Page 2 shows the new trail which links the old trails on the eastern face of the mountain to the dam behind the running track and the exit cavaletti to the Molonglo River. We are still waiting for the connection to the underpass at the John Gorton Parkway but in the meantime there are several…