No worries.

UPDATE...

I'll try not to get too excited and annoy everyone here by posting every
email I send off, but I've found some free materials...

"Hi Gillian,

I've just called up Le Hua (0403 538 438 if you want to ring him) from
the Brisbane Bike Trials club...great news.

He's given me a few ideas for beginner lines suitable for all bikes
and all skill levels. More importantly though, he's given me sources
for cheap/free materials.

He has some big wooden logs at his house that he is willing to donate
if somebody can pick them up...
1000 diameter, 5000 long (x1)
700 diameter, 4000 long (x2) - one it cut in two directly down the
middle
400 diameter, 2500 long (x4)
300 diameter, 7000 long (x1)
He also has some bits of steel lying around that he reckons would be
perfect as skinnies.

The suggestions he made for beginner sections (he doesn't trials
couching) we
- A wall that increases in height from about 100 to 1200 for people
to hop up onto/drop off. You said we could probably use the sloped
part of the area, so maybe that could go there and have it dug into
the ground.
- Logs ground level with varying gapping distances between them
- Small cement blocks for beginners to ride/hop over.
- A set of stairs to hop up.

Some other things he said would really work well we
- A rock garden. I really agree with this one, in rock gardens
riders can pick a HUGE number of different lines suiting their skill
level. It can accommodate a rider of almost any skill level. Richard
Kent of the Brisbane Bike Trials Club may be able to give us the name
of a quarry that will give us free rocks and deliver them anywhere in
Brisbane for free, providing you put up some sort of advertising for
them. Le said there would be lots of places willing to do something
similar. He reckons you could get about the area of three cars side
by side for free and you'd just dump them somewhere, move them around
a little if need be, and cement them in.
- Earth moving tyres. These are great for more advanced riders, yet
still safe as the beginner riders won't have the skills to get up on
them. I'll do some sketches to show how they would be used.
"Marathon Tyres" will apparently give them away for free.
- 44 gallon drums are very popular in the trials world, and you could
probably track down some free ones. They can be used on their ends,
or fixed in place lying down. "Fuch Oil" may apparently have some to
give away.

That's about all for now...I'll try to do some sketches tonight but
I'm playing indoor soccer so I may have to leave them for tomorrow
afternoon.

I hope that helps,
Andrew"


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