Admittedly I've not ridden up there much since COVID restrictions came into effect but in the 12 months leading into it, it's safe to say the only people I ever saw up there that were not in cars were on mountain bikes.

I can't recall, were there as many opponents to the walking tracks that were put in? You know, the ones that have the ugly treated pine sleepers stepped into the ground and are mostly over grown with weeds.

There is a dedicated group of enthusiasts in the central west who are more than willing and capable of maintaining this.

As always, Orange will much about and put up never-ending road blocks and instead of seeing an amazing tourist attraction just outside of town we will probably see it on Mt Ovens or Mt Horrible just outside of Bathurst ...

We can have a world class Mountain Bike facility at Thredbo in the National park but we can't have one here in Orange!

My goodness, the horror of it all! Imagine that, people actually using the National Park. What a refreshing change of scene that would be.

Having a mountain bike park just outside of town that could be used in winter when the snow prevents the Thredbo park from being used, what an amazing injection of tourism dollars that could be for the city.

But no, because, well, there possibly may be a Stringy Bark tree that might get cut down or a purple crested pheasant headed tortoise footed nocturnal legless tree snake might possibly wriggle near the track.