Crushed granite. What we've yet to realise here in Australia because we're so backward, is that if you get a stack of people riding a completely 'natural' track, it's actually not sustainable. Very quickly you start to run into run-off and errosion problems, and as we don't have the infrastructure nor the volunteer base (when was the last time any of us did any trail maintenance?), very soon (or not, as the case my be) you have an environmental disaster area.

I wish the gromits and freeride idiots woke up and realised that. It's a real bone-of-contention with me.

Anyway, the Lysterfield track is designed to be sustainable. It has swales, run-off trenches, and crushed granite in the high wear areas. It's not a pristine virgin singletrack adventure, but it's still a fun track in some nice bush that's definitely worth riding. Its only a part of a wider trail network too, which is another bonus.

3 million bucks well spent, I reckon.