Trail Bike Riding – Stanley State Forest FS0096 DSE – Beechworth ISSN 1440-2262
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November 2009 Trail Bike Riding – Stanley State Forest FS0096 DSE – Beechworth ISSN 1440-2262 Welcome to Stanley State Forest. Situated between plantation. Contact or visit one of the following HVP Yackandandah and Beechworth it provides some offices; Myrtleford: 33 Smith St (03) 5731 2000 or great opportunities to pursue outdoor recreation Benalla: 62 Gillies St (03) 5761 2400. activities. This brochure will provide you with information for you to enjoy trail bike riding in Stanley State Forest. Ride For Tomorrow Trail bike riding is great fun, but just so you don’t spoil the fun for others who come to use the forests, Stanley Trail Bike Visitor Area please note the following . Stanley Trail Bike Visitor Area is central to a large Reduce Your Noise network of forest roads and tracks ideal for trail bike riding and provides riders with facilities to make either DSE and VicRoads have developed end of a ride more enjoyable. some new signs to indicate noise sensitive areas where riders should ride more slowly and quietly. Obeying Location and Access these signs is voluntary (i.e. not a legal requirement), but if riders ride Stanley Trail Bike Visitor Area is located less than 5 slowly and quietly in these areas, it kilometres from the Yackandandah township. From will help keep the peace and be Yackandandah drive along the Bells Flat Road for greatly appreciated by other forest approximately 3km onto Service Basin Road then users and nearby residents follow this Road onto No1 Link Road. 1.7km further on will bring you to the Stanley Trail Bike Visitor Area. Refer to map overleaf for key noise sensitive areas What Facilities Are Provided? Respect the Environment – Respect Others Facilities include: • • Large parking area accommodating both vehicles Riders must be licensed - motorcycles must be and trailers registered • A unisex toilet • Ride Legal - Stay on Forest Roads • Information board and maps • Take your litter home • Picnic tables and seats For More Information Riding & Safety Information The Department of Sustainability and Environment • Seasonal Road Closures (DSE) is responsible for managing Victoria's State Forest. For further information contact DSE’s Some forest roads in Stanley State forest and Customer Service Centre on 136 186 (TTY: 1800 122 adjacent parks and reserves are subject to seasonal 969) or visit http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/trailbikes road closure. These roads are closed from 11 June 2009 until Thursday, 29 October. Road closures may This publication may be of assistance to you but the State of extend beyond these dates depending on weather Victoria and its officers do not guarantee that the publication conditions. For more information about road closures is without flaw of any kind or is wholly appropriate for your visit www.parkweb.vic.gov.au. particular purposes and therefore disclaims all liability for any error, loss or other consequence which may arise from you • Plantation Access and Roads relying on any information in this publication. Hancock Victorian Plantations (HVP) privately manages the roads and plantations within Stanley State forest. You must contact HVP to undergo a safety induction before using roads within a © State of Victoria, Department of Sustainability and Environment Page 1 Trail Bike Riding Stanley State Forest FS0096 RutherglenRutherglen l MURRAY Albury SSnake To VALLEY l N CCHILTERN-MTHILTERN-MT PPILOTILOT BBARANDUDAARANDUDA l WodongaWodonga n k FWY a Wodonga e RREGIONALEGIONAL PPARKARK k NATIONALNATIONAL PARKPARK CCommissioners KIE e TTallangattaallangatta e r 000m o To Chiltern m WA C YACKANDANDAH l k m 85 HHead HUME HWY e k i e s e 59 e BBeechwortheechworth a r e ROAD s r i d o STSTANLEYANLEY C l l RReedy CCreek n eedy e WWangarattaangaratta r STATESTATE FORESTFOREST s GREAT VALLEY s d n n a CHILTERN r BBARANDUDAARANDUDA a r CCreek MMyrtlefordyrtleford H u STAR REGIONALREGIONAL PARKPARK r Woorragee l C e d l WODONGA LANE ALPINE e HW k O C532 Bright Y TK WAY FANNING ROAD RD CCreek l l C315 LANE r C527 BEECHWORTH e To Mt.Beauty e KIBELLS SAWPIT k Wodonga Re LANE TK edy Ris PLUNKETTS TK ing MMagpie SSTANLEYTANLEY a ROAD CLOSURES g SSTATETATE FORESTFOREST Woolshed k p e i e e To help protect road surfaces, water r VERNS CCreek quality and the environment and to CREEK TTwistwist ROAD YYACKANDANDAHACKANDANDAH REIDS TWIST Twist Creek RD ensure driver safety, roads in parks and CCreek k CCHILTERN-MTHILTERN-MT PPILOTILOT TRACK CCreekre Cree Reids r BULLOCKY ek forests throughout Victoria are seasonally e N NATIONALNATIONAL PPARKARK MURCOTT Creek e GULLY TK k TK closed during the year, especially in C377 YYackandandahackandandah 000m C527 FLAT winter or temporarily closed for ROAD MAGPIE CCreekreek SSitesites 11-10-10 BACK 80 L a NO 1 To Myrtleford operational (or other) reasons. 59 S ROAD k e BEECHWORTH TK BELLS Creek e r FANNINGS e k e n STEEP r S a e Most seasonal road closures take effect GRADE KOHNS e C p D St r a r SSERVICE t A TK SPUR TK from the Thursday after the Queens i io E l CCreek n n BASIN MAGPIE O R RD g V d l Birthday long weekend and remain in RROAD IC l BBEECHWORTHEECHWORTH n NO 2 l RD C E u TK TK l FLAT force until the Melbourne Cup Day long r o p REGIONALREGIONAL PARKPARK e KOHNS e G PPound NNINEINE MILEMILE CCREEKREEK e S l l weekend. 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