Thread: Wattos Update

Well I figured, since Watagans is kinda my backyard and all, that I should be the one to bring everyone the update. Granted, I haven't quite covered all the tracks just yet, but Matt and I are working on it all over again.

Closures are as follows:

Slippery Rock Road
Old Slippery Rock Road
One Tree Hill - closed at the top. I believe you can still drive up and down it, but the charming fellow who bought the property at the top has put two locked gates on Cooranbong Fire Trail...
Master's Hill - I'm not sure what everyone else calls this...but it's the track off Pringles Road. I think the property the track went through has changed hands, and the new owner has installed gates.

Fun bits:

Other than the usuals...
Rope Road - yeah it's a usual...but to my shock at least the downhill run is still open. I didn't quite make the gate tonight...I'm planning on going back when it's a bit drier and seeing whether the gate at the bottom is still open.
Boundary Forest Road - the road that runs pretty much from the end of Yambo Rd through to Morisset is now severely washed out...and quite a bit of fun, if you're not a fan of your paintwork. I'll post up a vid later when it's uploaded.
Yambo Road - is not quite the masterpiece it used to be...but it's awefully wet right now
Lemon Tree Road - has been graded recently in parts. And while that might make you pull your hair out sometimes...right now the mud is simply hilarious, and the ride along there gets quite hairy in places. Some nice ruts, for those of us on big wheels.

Last but not least, Watagan Forest Road seems to have been graded in the wet. It would work better if you had ice-skates right now...

I haven't been there in the past few days, but so far as I know, Lemon Tree Passage is still open, (no gates and no signs that I've found), but the regular ruts are getting rather long and large again...we almost lost the Scat there last week, and I snatched a certain other brown County out with the Rocky too. Watagan Forest Road (which is pretty much the main drag) has been re-opened, and from what I can see, re-graded...they were right to close it, as after the rain and recent grading the majority of it's surface had turned to ice.

Rope Road update...I actually went to the bottom this time. The holes at the bottom before the fence are substantial, and really only suitable for those who like a lot of mud. There is an alternate route though, through the first gate rather than the second. Further along the track (before the log bridge though) there is a huge tree over the track, and the bog holes on the way are getting bigger. Someone has built a track around the tree, but it's not really appropriate for our Rocky...the County -might- make it...has several diff hanging and ledge points. From there on, I dont know. I didn't bother keeping on walking.

Creek road, is no longer a through road...it's been closed off and left blocked after they finished logging there. The road below Creek road (I cant think of it's name right now) has a shiney logging gate...so I believe that area will be closed off for a while yet.

Scout hall loop track is still a lot of fun, though heavily rutted. Scout hall bog-holes are bigger and better than ever...you'd have to be serious to head down there...Actual Scout Hall has a sign...that Hunter four wheel drive association (or something like that) is trying to acquire it's lease. So I'm not sure what they are planning on doing down there. We shall see.