Little Mountain Road Fire Trail
Karuah National Park, NSW
Overview
We recently wrapped up a major upgrade of the Little Mountain Road fire trail in Karuah National Park - and we’re proud to say it’s now fully operational and ready for anything. The job involved bringing 5.93km of completely impassable trail back to life.
The trail was split into two sections: a 3.19km Tactical Category 1 trail to the north and a 2.74km Category 9 trail to the south, meeting at Hobart Forest Road. Both were in badshape, with huge water-filled holes, erosion, and overgrowth making the trails only accessible by ATV.
We worked closely with an ecologist to manage sensitive flora and fauna along the way. Threatened plants like Bottlebrushes and hollow-bearing trees were protected with exclusion zones.
Hundreds of frogs and tadpoles were safely relocated following environmental guidelines and advice of our ecologist, and native planting (including Lomandra) was used to stabilise erosion-prone areas.
About this Project
Client: National Parks & Wildlife Services NSW
Capability: Fire Trail Upgrade
Location: Karuah National Park, NSW
Duration: 4 weeks
Scope of Work
5.93km Fire Trail
- Engagement and liaise with Ecologist
- Relocating frogs/tadpoles/eggs following relevant guidelines
- Implementation of Erosion Sediment Control Equipment
- Mulching attachment on posi trail used down each side of trail to create appropriate width of trail corridor
- Draining large bodies of water on trail with flexdrive pump
- Removal of unsuitable material from holes in trail
- Utilising a combination of geofabric, mesh and import large amounts of material to fill holes and problem areas holding water within trail
- General refurbishment of trail including capping several sections and rolling to appropriate compaction
- Replace a culvert with new concrete pipe and two headwalls
- Planting & jute meshing to improve ground stabilisation
Summary
The FAFT upgrade to Little Mountain Road was completed successfully complying with all relevant guidelines.
A total of 2040 tonne of material was imported to the site to rectify the large holes within the trail network.
The project was completed over 4 weeks due to wet weather delays with on ground works only taking 3 weeks within the period. The project was completed on time and budget and is now future proofed for future fire trail utilisation.
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