Bush tracks near Geelong

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Originally Posted by grover7488

i dont think that there is anything closer than Anglesea and even most of those tracks are pretty tame and often graded.
Might be interesting if it rains and you take some bald tyres.
Maybe try 'pady's swamp'. bit futher but can be some good stuff there

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There are some good tracks at Paddy's Swamp, but be prepared to share them with a lot of dirt bikes.

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Originally Posted by rijidij

There are some good tracks at Paddy's Swamp, but be prepared to share them with a lot of dirt bikes.

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Where's Paddy's Swamp?

Willem

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Originally Posted by rijidij

be prepared to share them with a lot of dirt bikes.

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another reason why steel bullbars are the go:wasntme:

From your side of town jump on the by-pass and head to the south western edge of the Wombat, near Spargo Creek and you'll be there bang on 60 mins give or take - and you'll be lucky to see ONE traffic light at the Anakie off ramp. Plenty of hidden gems up there and it seems just too far west for the Melb boys to bother with ;)

Rob W

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Originally Posted by willem

Where's Paddy's Swamp?

Willem

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sort of between Bambra and Wensleydale

Head down the Cape Otway Rd, left after Wurdibollic Reservoir.

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We had a rep from the Geelong 4WD club at the LROCV meeting tonight and apparently many of the tracks at Paddy's Swamp have been permanently closed in the last couple of months by DSE.
After submissions by 4WDVic and others, on-site meetings with DSE etc they just went ahead and closed them anyway.

SteveG

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Originally Posted by Sleepy

I wish I had something that close!

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The King's Way?:p

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Originally Posted by steveG

We had a rep from the Geelong 4WD club at the LROCV meeting tonight and apparently many of the tracks at Paddy's Swamp have been permanently closed in the last couple of months by DSE.
After submissions by 4WDVic and others, on-site meetings with DSE etc they just went ahead and closed them anyway.

SteveG

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Do we as 4WD owners and as citizens need to start a 'Lets make proper use of our forests' movement to counteract this stealing of the natural resources of our land from its citizens? And perhaps people with a more balanced view of the environment need to send themselves or their kids to uni to qualify themselves for work with these departments so that a more balanced and fair approach to the use of the bush is used.

Right now I reckon that these departments are staffed by people with so-called 'deep green' philosophies, which venerate the bush and want to keep people out. Its not right and its not fair!

Willem