MTB Skills/Social Ride/Night Ride and Camp 

The next Gippsland MTB social event is being held on the weekend of August 7^th & 8^th.  We need to have a minimum of 15 people staying overnight at Munjara to make the booking viable.  Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to register your booking by Friday July 30^th.  For those who don’t own lights, a social ride will be held on Saturday afternoon after the skills session and also Sunday morning (if PLAN A goes ahead!). The skills session will be targeted at beginners and those riders who would like to work on and improve some of their mountain biking skills. The skills session has proved to be very popular in the past - so book early as there are only 10 places available.

In the event that not enough people want to stay overnight we will go with ‘Plan B’.  Keep checking the website for updates.  Details are as follows:

PLAN A

Saturday August 7 @ Blores Hill

9am - 1pm            Half day skills session with a qualified mountain bike instructor (meet at Sandy Point turn off)2pm - 5pm            Afternoon social ride at Blores Hill (meet at Sandy Point turn off)

5pm                       Meet at Munjara Camp (off Sandy Point Road) for BBQ dinner (BYO meat)

8pm                       Night ride for those who wish to participate

Cost:                      $40 for half day skills session

                               $30 for overnight accommodation at Munjara Camp

                               $5 participation permit fee for non MTBA members

What to bring:  Mountain bike, helmet, lights for night riding, sleeping bag/pillow etc, food and drinks.

10am                     Meet at Blores Hill for a social ride (near Sandy Point turn off).

Cost:                      $5 participation permit for non MTBA members

PLAN B

Saturday August 7 @ Blores Hill

9am - 1pm            Half day skills session with a qualified mountain bike instructor (meet at Sandy Point turn off)

2pm - 5pm            Afternoon social ride at Blores Hill (meet at Sandy Point turn off)

7pm                       Night ride for those who wish to participate

Cost:                      $40 for skills session

                               $5 participation permit fee if a non MTBA member

For more information send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sunday saw the first of what will be many races staged by the Gippsland Mountain Bike Club at the recently opened Nowa Nowa Mountain Bike Park. Riders were greeted with the potentially confusing race format of completing loops of ascending track 1 and descending track 2 back to transition. Fortunately all riders managed to negotiate their way around without getting lost.

The Nowa Nowa Mountain Bike Park which was officially opened in April this year is situated on the side of a hill with track 1 climbing from the trail head some 4.5 kilometers to the highest point on the stacked looped network of trails with a number of different descending options. Track two is by far the most preferred route home with numerous well constructed log roll-overs and a plethora of bermed corners to keep the flow going and the pace high. Fast, actually. Really fast.