Hotel, Pool, Luge Track, Gondola, and Hanging Gardens for Stromlo

A swimming pool would enable junior triathlons (which is arguably cycling related), so it would need to be co-located with the criterium circuit and the running track. Is there such a space?

(The Narrabundah Velodrome was a Federal stuff up well before self government.)

The cross country track is looking very patchy these days, not at all well maintained.

Luna Park

I wanna monorail

If it becomes too big then they will start attempting to regain the cash by charging to use it. Mtn bikers won’t pay they will just dig up some new trails on some other hill and the facilities will go unused.

Clown Killer said :

I could see it being popular during the bigger events, but what about all the other times?

The hotel is the kind of thing that won’t happen for 20+ years, when Molongolo is more than just a plan on a table. When Stromlo is adjacent to a new town centre then many of these ideas won’t seem so odd.

I have long thought that what Mt Stromlo needed was a mountain-side cafe/bar. Somewhere with a big deck that took in the view and gave a good vantage point to watch the organ-donors, sorry – I meant downhillers do their stuff.

As for accommodation – we I guess that would be a business decision. I could see it being popular during the bigger events, but what about all the other times?

Makes it much more accessible than Corin Forest.

I’m sure that makes the people struggling to keep Corin Forest going really happy.

So long as the bike stuff isn’t affected, what does it matter if the venue has a more multi-purpose feel to it?

It will be affected. A lot of that stuff is overlaid on the existing trails. For instance, the only flat-ish trails area suitable for complete beginners is underneath the potential playing fields (no. 15). The main trunk trail goes through the area marked for the luge.

Speaking of the luge, are we talking the same kind of thing that already exists out at Corin or something more exciting?

Kramer said :

…there is already some contention of resources with the MTB, road cycling, running, and horse groups…

There’s some difficulties just within the riding community let alone other users. It’s only a matter of time before some non-helmeted, training-wheel-equipped 5 year old is gonna come a-cropper on the 4X track or get smacked into next week by a speeding rider…

d’oh! wrong type of gondola…

Whatsup said :

Where is the canal system that links to the monorail ?

personally I looking forward to seeing the trebuchet that launches the gondolas over the dam wall to create the linkage between the Parly house triangle and Stromlo.

Holden Caulfield said :

Makes it much more accessible than Corin Forest. So long as the bike stuff isn’t affected, what does it matter if the venue has a more multi-purpose feel to it?

Holden, you mean Kowen Forest. Corin Forest (www.corin.com.au) is the home of the Corinbank Festival in Feb 2010 (www.corinbank.com), and while there are free MTB all-downhill tours during the festival, not much else happens there MTB-wise… but I believe Corinbank pre-sales tickets will be available in a few weeks.

And I do like the monorail idea, and that would give us a reason to build another multi-storey carpark 😉

Light rail?

Where is the canal system that links to the monorail ?

peterh said :

we need a wetlands out at stromlo, I mean, how far is it from the cotter? mozzie breeding ground. Duffy residents will be so pleased, but at least it can’t catch fire…

I think the rationale for this is more along the lines of Nationa Sequence Farming. That is restoring the water hydration of the soil back to how is was in the long, long ago.

Sweet zombie Jesus.
Why create and dedicate resources to a specialist facility, and then generalise the shit out of it?

Kramer said :

I guess my concern about the addition of all the new facilities/disciplines is that there is already some contention of resources with the MTB, road cycling, running, and horse groups – so adding swimming, sports fields, etc will further escalate these problems.

That’s fair enough.

Which resources are you talking about? Roads, paths etc? Or something else? For example, how would a luge or hotel affect the existing relationships between the groups you mentioned? Wouldn’t they (or couldn’t they) be entities unto themselves that would add to the existing activities, rather than taking away from them, or adding extra burden?

I can see added road use being an issue, but apart from that I can’t foresee a huge problem. But then, I’ve never used the Stromlo facility, so I understand my knowledge base on this subject is zero, haha.

I’ll be watching this one very closely from the perspective of living across the road.

Another velodrome? What, the one they built in Narrabundah and screwed up royally hasn’t wasted enough money?

I guess my concern about the addition of all the new facilities/disciplines is that there is already some contention of resources with the MTB, road cycling, running, and horse groups – so adding swimming, sports fields, etc will further escalate these problems.

masterplan pics of the cabins = tinder box

we need a wetlands out at stromlo, I mean, how far is it from the cotter? mozzie breeding ground. Duffy residents will be so pleased, but at least it can’t catch fire…

Keep the luge. I love the luge in Rotorua. So much fun!

What, no monorail?

Thumbs up

It’s nice to share with the other kids, Kramer.

(Not sure an aquatic centre is really warranted though – the government would be better off buying out Phillip pool and skating rink and doing it up).

I imagine there’d be a bit of crossover between those into downhill MTBing and those keen to give luge a try.

I think it sounds great!

Makes it much more accessible than Corin Forest. So long as the bike stuff isn’t affected, what does it matter if the venue has a more multi-purpose feel to it?