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What is Trash Free Trails Australia?

Trash Free Trails Australia is a growing collective of local trail users, organisations, events and destinations working together to realise the global Trash Free Trails mission: To create a deeper connection with nature through the simple act of removing single-use pollution from wild places.

Trash Free Trails Australia is based in Manly on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. We respectfully acknowledge the Gayamagal people as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our community exists, a place they know as Car-rang-gel (North Head, Manly) and the surrounding region. We recognise their deep and continuing spiritual connection to the land, waters, and sea of the Northern Beaches. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

Trash Free Trails Approved Events & Collaborations

Sea Otter Australia

Mogo Trails & Batemans Bay, NSW
Australia's largest ever multi-day cycling festival featuring a huge expo, industry summit, and various racing and riding events... all 'Trash Free Trails Approved'.
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Alpha Trail Run

Manly Dam, Sydney, NSW
One of the first TFT Approved trail runs outside of the UK featuring, other things, innovative clip-on/clip-off trail markers, starting the 'event in a bag' concept.
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'Rangered' Trash Free Trails in Australia

Jubes Mountain Bike Park

Golden Jubilee Field, Wahroonga, Sydney, NSW
A purpose-built skills development facility featuring a pump track, jump trails of varying difficulty, and a skills area with technical rock and wood features for riders to practice and progress their off-road cycling abilities.
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North Head

Manly, Sydney, NSW
A diverse experience for walkers, runners and cyclists through Sydney Harbour National Park's native bushland, featuring stunning panoramic harbour and ocean lookouts, and historical sites like the Quarantine Station and World War II fortifications.
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H2O

Westleigh, Sydney, NSW
An informal but popular network of community-built mountain bike trails, featuring a mix of cross-country and rocky downhill sections with various loops suitable for riders of different skill levels.
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Manly-Spit Walk

Manly, Sydney, NSW
An iconic and beautiful 10-kilometre coastal track that winds through Sydney Harbour National Park's lush bushland, past secluded beaches, Aboriginal sites, and impressive harbourside lookouts, connecting Spit Bridge to the vibrant suburb of Manly.
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Manly Dam

Sydney, NSW
A popular circuit through tranquil bushland, offering a mix of shared-path walking tracks with Aboriginal heritage sites and waterfalls, and a challenging mountain bike loop renowned for catering to riders from beginner to advanced with technical rocky sections and fire trails.
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Old Man's Valley

Hornsby, Sydney, NSW
A popular and accessible metropolitan mountain bike park, featuring a 6KM single track loop with a mix of flowing and technical trails, jumps, berms, and a separate beginner's loop, all situated in picturesque bushland just a short walk from Hornsby Station.
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Trash Rangers

Just some of the people making Trash Free Trails Australia possible

Mark Lloyd
Alpha Trail Events
Dan Smith
SNORC & MTB23
Ravi Rudner
Vipers Running Club
Tom Hutton
Koaktive

Three words that show you care!

Did you know that the words "Trash Free Trails" create a powerful neural nudge!

People consciously or subconsciously register that the trails they are on should be free of trash and they're less inclined to discard litter and more inclined to stop and pick up stuff that shouldn't be there rather than simply riding, running or walking straight past it.

Trash Log

Important note about personal safety when picking up and removing single-use pollution!

Trash Free Trails Australia is a social group and picking up and removing single-use pollution is entirely at your own risk.

Please take necessary precautions, looking out for hazards that may include leeches, spiders, snakes, dogs, golf balls, broken glass, asbestos and other good stuff!

Don't feel comfortable picking something up?

If you see single-use pollution that needs moving, but you don't want to be the one to move it, contact your local council!

When using the trails:
  • Always ride, run or walk responsibly and within your skill level.
  • Always follow local trail guidelines, respect other trail users, and be aware of changing conditions.
  • Wearing appropriate safety gear, such as helmets when mountain-biking, is essential for your protection.
At first glance this dumped vacuum cleaner on Possum Trail in Sydney's north looked like a snake, and the inverse applies... a snake could look like a vacuum cleaner!

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