Thread: Mt airlie closed?

They used a jackhammer on an excavator to 'fix' the track through my favourite section
Going to take a lot more than use and run off to put the steps back into it. 20 years of lifted patrols might do it.
Still a challenge though, i got a puncture from a stick and broke my aerial on a branch.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

That doesn't make sense. Softroaders cant have travelled the track in the state that it has been over the last couple of years, so I doubt very much that sheer numbers will close the track. Its damage that will have been caused by more capable 4WD's that could actually access it and then deliberately chop the track out that will cause the track to be shut.

And the ecological vandalism isn't the track being repaired, the ecological vandalism really occured when they put the track in.

It's now 2017, & although i have not yet ventured this track to the top, i have at least been to the Grotto in a EA Falcon with LSD, in the early 90's. I took that vehicle many places that opened the eyes of 4wdrivers when i arrived. That boast aside, i now have a standard '03 3.4 V6 Hilux 4x4 ute, & wonder if i would be game to do that track to the top on my own, if it is still open. So, my question is, who graded the track many years ago, ( & if one is going to grade a track, why not grade the whole length of it,) to make it accessible in certain parts only? That this track was originally made by heavy vehicles for a specific purpose, & why, is a question no one, ( except Col,) can answer. The fact that 4x4's can, with use, make a track more usable is juxtaposed with the fact that 4x4's can ruin a track, & while i commend those who gave their time in repairing this track, i would suggest that this track should remain in its original form, for the experienced to negotiate, & the novice to, (heart in mouth,) cut his, or her, teeth on ... Oh, & by the the way, the NPWS has no legal right to close a public road, but that is politics, which we won't talk about here, unless you really want to know ...