Cairns launches world-class bike trails
Tourism Tropical North Queensland has launched a dedicated mountain biking website to position the Cairns & Great Barrier Reef region as a world-class destination for recreational riders.
Ride Cairns was launched at Smithfield Conservation Park where world champion mountain bikers Paul van Der Ploeg and Jenni King were testing the new purpose-built cross-country mountain bike track for the second round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Cairns on April 25-27.
TTNQ chief executive Alex de Waal said the Ride Cairns brand would build on the momentum created by Cairns being selected to host the 2014 and 2016 UCI Mountain Bike World Cups as well as the 2017 UCI World Mountain Bike and Trials Championships.
"Whether you want to ride through World Heritage rainforest or along the edge of the Great Barrier Reef, there is an incredible diversity of trails across the mountain biking regions of Cairns, Atherton Tablelands, Mareeba, Port Douglas and Daintree, and the Cassowary Coast," he said.
TTNQ has been working with local mountain bike clubs, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and World Trails to catalogue a 550km-network of almost 40 mountain bike trails throughout the region to create www.ridecairns.com.
"The trails have been graded so riders can choose from those suitable for families through to the most challenging of trails for competitive riders and additional information is included on mountain biking events, services, accommodation and the destination," de Waal said.
The next step for the www.ridecairns.com will be to develop comprehensive interactive maps of the mountain biking trails which will link in with data sets being developed locally by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and will be available via the Queensland Government Open Data Portal.
Ian Jarrett
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