Australasian Dirt Bike — September 2017

86 | SEPTEMBER 2017 http://www.adbmag.com.au

W

ith a face full of

ud Nathan Fowler

summed up the

2017 Kingaroy

Trailride in South

Burnett perfectly,

“Heaps of bikes stuck in quicksand,

carnageeverywhere,itwasgreatfun”.

Forthelocalguysandgalswho

took on the roles of sweeps under the

directionoftrackbossGraham

WilsonandheadsweepBenSmith,

thelead-upwasn’tgreatfun.About

six weeks in, flooding brought track

marking to a grinding halt. Then,

with two weeks to go, the sweeps had

to redo about 10km.

It took 12 weeks all-up. “There are

blokes that spend months coming out

onthetrack,leavingtheirfamiliesat

home. They work all week and they

have to come out [on weekends] to

findthetracksandmarkout,”says

Graham. “Yep, they absolutely hate

it.” Fortunately, their efforts paid off

becauseweheardnothingbutgood

THERE’S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO RIDE

INTHESOUTHBURNETTREGION

arna

Quicksand

IN

THE

WORDS & PHOTOS// STORM LAHIFF

TRAILRIDE I KINGAROY TWO-DAY, QLD

Plenty of sand in the creek bed

Loads of single track for beginners and experts

What protection gear?

PLenty of rocks to navigate as well in the creek

The series

The Kingaroy two-day is part

of the Dalby Moto Trailride

Series that runs from March

to November and raises

money for charity. See

Action Nation.

The quicksand was energy

sapping in the creek