Helping build a 4wd Park in Victoria

Thanks all,

Some great ideas we will certainly take on board.
We still have a long way to go, councils town planning, dep of enviros all this has to get through yet, but we will keep at it and I will keep you posted.

Regards
Dave

Chops,

Yes there is 2 creeks and a river nearby.
As long as enviro mobs dont get in our way we will use them for crossings etc.
We plan to have multi skill level tracks but really one main track.
The land we are looking at is 500 acres and backs onto the mitchell river park to the south and we have miles of tracks to the north for tag along type tours as well.

Dave

Michael2,

Some great ideas there.

This block is really only accessible by 4wd, the roads in are tracks and I would only advise 4wd attempt, this is part of our reason for the position though, we don't want 2bys and hoons coming in.

We will have wifi of some sort probably satellite internet then a tower out from that.

2 of us are mechanics and we will provide a recover service, we have good 4wds and a bull dozer.

Build one close to the city.

Make it free entry if your 4b can do a burn out or has big bling wheels or can drift on every gravel corner it comes to and then we can have the rest of the bush back from the hoons and we wont need 4wd parks as the enviro's wont ahve anything to complain about.

I dont know how you would make money out of it this way but it would make the rest of the bush a better place to be.

Call it a comunity service and get grants from the Gov or something.

Sounds good though what you have in mind but it may be a bit far out for the average joe to go and learn how to drive his CRV off road.

You would want to get affiliated with some clubs to do their 4wd training there as well as get accredited as trainers etc to be able to plant the money tree in the back yard.

You will be sinking a lot into it before you get a whole lot in return so I would be prepared for some very lean years first but as more of the bush closes up, you will be in the best possition to get back your $$$ invested.

Another thing you may want to think about is that most insurers wont cover vehicles on private property so maybe look at how to get your tracks gazzeted as public access fire trails or something along those lines so that your patrons are not risking not having insurance while using your property.

Another crowd gathering exercise would be an annual short film festival featuring 4WD Only films, not lasting longer than say 10min ea. The festival goes over a w'end with categories such as comedy, travel, science (geology / biology) etc. Top five of each category get burnt to DVD and distributed free to all the participants. A giant outdoor screen would be cheap and easy.