Thread: QLD - Mt Mee SF

Well I like to go 4wding in Mt Mee SF (although very rarely do) and have driven on some of the 'extra' tracks but totally agree with what he is saying.

When I bought my first 4wd about 8 years ago Mt Mee was one of the first places I took it. If you have a copy of the old forestry map you will see that the roads you are permitted on are marked in solid red line (marked somehow anyway). These roads are mostly what we would call the access roads to the good stuff.

I think the permits used to say the only tracks you were allowed on where the ones suitable for two way traffic.

Well I've got topo maps and info from their website and nowhere (that I've seen) on their site, on the state govt maps or on sign posts in the park do they say don't drive here/there.

I'll clarify that: There are tracks posted "horses only" or with pics of 4WD and bikes with a red line through them at the entry to some tracks. I have not been down these tracks, although they appear to be largely ignored, the signs that is, by the bikers.

I'm all for pristine wilderness but if you can't drive in a NP and SFs are being closed off, and if private 4WD parks are being sued by idiots who don't want to take responsibility for their own actions, where do you go?

Its somewhat like banning us all from driving at night with a passenger because the vast minority (fools in gray imports) are out there driving like maniacs.

Not happy Jan

Well I just looked at the track file I took in Nov 07 and it only shows three deviances from the allowed tracks. That map was printed in Feb 1994.
It's a DPI Forestry map.

When I went there originally in 2000 I don't remember signs that said 'don't go here' on all the closed tracks but the map was marked as to where you could and could not go.

Personally I'd prefer to go to a 4wd park for the weekend but it was nice to have somewhere closeish to go for a day trip (about an hour from my place).

Originally Posted by WhiteD3

Yours sincerely,

XXX

At least he likes you.

Originally Posted by Frenchie

At least he likes you.

Had a long chat to the Ranger in Charge today. Basically the whole area is planned to be a NP by year end. Many of the smaller tracks will be closed to motorized vehicles, initially with bollards and later with gates.

He did say that some of the smaller tracks will remain open and that the level of access/use is under review.

They are developing a map for the web site showing which tracks are accessible, which are closed, etc. Apparently there has been an issue with signage being removed from some closed tracks. Wet weather signage is also being considered.

They are looking for stake holder interest and comment on the management plan and I gave him the AULRO site as a starting point.

The Black Duck Creek incident was raised again and I countered with the recent bush walking deaths at Cunningham's Gap and the Glasshouse mountains; are they going to ban bush walking? I think not.

In summary; he seemed like a nice enough bloke but under-resourced as you'd expect, he listened but I doubt I or we will have any impact on what's planned.

By the by; Apparently there was a rescue in there on Sunday night involving at least one "serious" offroader being bogged and lost in the plantation, which does nothing for our cause. I think we saw them entering the forest as we were leaving.

Has anyone seen the tracks in the plantations up there? I really would not like to be stuck there. I came accross tracks there last week before rain that where still boggy after how many weeks without rain? I also came across powerline tracks that I didnt relise were there on Mt Mee.

well done, it was a worthwhile effort but they obviously have an agenda, I never been there and by the sound of it, will never.

this is an example of what has been slowly happening over the years, dare i say it,i will, most of the government bodies and authorities have been taken over by the 'green' preservationists.
The idea with all these national parks and the like is to lock everybody out who likes to drive and your only access is by shanks pony.

The people who like to supermodify 4wds with giganto lift kits and huge lugged tyres do not help the cause at all, they need somewhere to tear up to prove they can offroad expertly, definately not in the spirit of 'tread lightly'

my rant over


john