Mountain Bike Trail Building at Lake Mountain

Mountain Bike Trail Building at Lake Mountain On Thursday 28th January a bus load of National Australia Bank (NAB) business bankers arrived at Lake Mountain for a day of mountain bike trail building. As part of their employment at NAB staff are encouraged to undertake up to two volunteer days per year, helping with various project that benefit the community. The crew of 43 bankers were split into small groups and assigned a Lake Mountain staff member to work with for the day. A single track mountain bike trail of approximately 10kms is currently being built to host the resorts first ever mountain bike event called the "Granite Grind" on Saturday 20th February 2010. This track formed the basis of their days work. A variety of tasks were undertaken on the day including bridge building, retaining walls for new sections of track, trail maintenance and track clearing. With NAB being the major sponsor for the event it was very fitting that they be involved in the trail building process. Over twenty of these NAB staff have there names down to participate in the event on 20 February. Brett Weinberg, General Manager at Lake Mountain highlighted the importance of the day saying "As part of the recovery efforts here at Lake Mountain we are focused on becoming more of a year round destination, with mountain bike riding forming a key part of this. It is great to have the support of the National Australia Bank and their assistance goes a long way to helping us get to where we want to be". This is the second volunteer day of this nature that the NAB have participated in at Lake Mountain since the Black Saturday bushfires, with a crew of one hundred and forty NAB star achievers coming to the resort in November to help with construction of a boardwalk at Snowy Hill. Further NAB volunteer days are planned for the future. On Saturday 30th January a mountain bike trail building working bee was also held at Lake Mountain. A fantastic response from local clubs such as Murrindindi Cycle Club and Fat Tyre Flyers meant great numbers turned up on the day. The working bee was not only about trail building, but also gave the volunteers an opportunity to ride the race loop and see first hand the progress of the trail network. For further information or to enter the Granite Grind visit www.lakemountainresort.com.au.

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