Chapter Three |
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GUR 2 - The Basin |
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| Sub-section |
| Start and finish |
Ingleburn Reserve (Ingleburn) to Freres Crossing Reserve (Kentlyn) |
| Distance |
11.0km |
| Grade |
3-4 |
| Main features |
- The Basin
- Freres Crossing Reserve
- Peter Meadows Creek
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| Description |
From Ingleburn Reserve along fire trail to Balmoral Road - north into Mercedes Road, south along Parkway corridor, to Derby Street, Groves Road, Hansens Road, Myrtle Street - bush tracks into GR Nature Reserve to The Basin, south on Georges River Road, east into Freres Road down to bridge. |
| Opportunities and constraints |
- South of Ingleburn Reserve - foreshores are steep with recognised high environmental values
- Conserving environmental values requires that trail routes should be set back from foreshores with access only to special recreational and scenic places
- The Basin - popular swimming and scenic attraction - access tracks badly eroded - loss of vegetation and safety and no interpretive signs or stories of what is important place for Aborigines and Non-Aborigines
- Freres Crossing Reserve - tracks often badly eroded - dumped rubbish attracting additional loads - degraded signs and gates
- Illegal 4WD and trail bike access is causing great environmental damage to the catchment - trails must be designed to restrict and discourage them
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| Actions |
- CCC / DIPNR - plan and construct trail network linking on-road cycleways/walkways with Rail Trial and Parkway corridor
- CCC/ community and green groups - develop priority of environmental projects associated with trail and work with groups such as CVA
- CCC/ TC - facilitate community ownership/stewardship of trail - based around specific projects and needs
- NPA/community groups - work with NSW Police for better enforcement of laws and regulations controlling illegal 4WD and trail bike activities on public land
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| Priority |
B + C |
| Estimated cost |
$1.4m |
| Key stakeholders |
CCC/DIPNR/NSW Police/NPA/GREA |
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Rationale:
This route was shaped in consultation with the local community and environment groups to avoid impacting on the very steep Georges River foreshores above The Basin. These reaches of the river have great biodiversity values, which have been detailed in DIPNR's Biodiversity Study on the Georges River catchment.
The route provides good access to The Basin and to Freres Crossing Reserve, links with Rail Trail and residential shared use networks.
It uses existing fire trails, local roads, walking tracks and the former Georges River Parkway corridor. Additional spurs down to the Georges River could be planned in consultation with the community.
There are significant issues of bushland vandalism and the community is concerned that an action plan be worked out to deal with these problems before Kai'mia Way routes are formalised and promoted. |
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• Lower Reaches 
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