Sorry gotta say the reason the tracks wash out is from erosion from the 4x4s. Time and time again I see shows people talking up the wonderful wilderness yes destroy it on the way in and out.
Thank you for that. We do stick to existing tracks formed by old forestry roads or the QPWS, but as you point out, many do not. Our local 4WD club has a strong relationship with the QPWS and HQ Plantations who manage the National Parks and state forests respectively in Queensland. The tracks are installed and maintained for forestry management and are used for fire fighting and logging and the like. Clubs are even given special access to drive tracks and report on conditions so they can better direct their maintenance for access safely by their own staff in 4wd vehicles. I certainly agree that irresponsible off road driving can cause environmental issues and we do call this out in some of our videos. People leaving camp fires unattended that can start fires, toilet paper (and worse) left in pristine areas as well as plastic waste left by campers (not all in 4wds) are my pet hates. We even go to the trouble of taking a Porta Potti and rubbish bags in our car so we don't need to leave a mess and will often clean up after others. We actually pick up other's poo in one of our K'gari videos. Thank you again for your comment. It reminds me to make sure in future videos that we continue to call out poor behaviour. cheers Col
Some beautiful lanes up in Shropshire uk
Keen to explore this area
@@Cicada4WD yes the Sunshine Coast in Queensland has lots of great forestry areas to explore.
Scary hill you gotta go up it I like chaple gate derbyshire in the uk u can watch soon
@@RockbasherV8 will do.
So that's kenilworth it don't look a bit like I remember ie Kenilworth Castle in the uk nice lanes lads
@@RockbasherV8 Thanks for that. Yeah Kenilworth in Aus would be a bit different to the UK for sure.
We have 42 vids up now 4x4 uk style hope you like them .
@@RockbasherV8 back from a cruise now so will check them out.
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Vids up
Sorry gotta say the reason the tracks wash out is from erosion from the 4x4s. Time and time again I see shows people talking up the wonderful wilderness yes destroy it on the way in and out.
Thank you for that. We do stick to existing tracks formed by old forestry roads or the QPWS, but as you point out, many do not.
Our local 4WD club has a strong relationship with the QPWS and HQ Plantations who manage the National Parks and state forests respectively in Queensland. The tracks are installed and maintained for forestry management and are used for fire fighting and logging and the like. Clubs are even given special access to drive tracks and report on conditions so they can better direct their maintenance for access safely by their own staff in 4wd vehicles.
I certainly agree that irresponsible off road driving can cause environmental issues and we do call this out in some of our videos. People leaving camp fires unattended that can start fires, toilet paper (and worse) left in pristine areas as well as plastic waste left by campers (not all in 4wds) are my pet hates. We even go to the trouble of taking a Porta Potti and rubbish bags in our car so we don't need to leave a mess and will often clean up after others. We actually pick up other's poo in one of our K'gari videos.
Thank you again for your comment. It reminds me to make sure in future videos that we continue to call out poor behaviour.
cheers Col