Loddon Tracks and Trails Strategy - Loddon Shire Council

2.0 Introduction
Loddon Shire Council has commissioned a Tracks and Trails Strategy to help:
• identify and review existing tracks and trails located within Loddon Shire; and
• identify a clear direction for the Shire from 2008-2013 in terms of tracks and trails
provision, future development, management, maintenance and marketing.
Specific actions associated with the project are:
• review the audit of tracks and trails currently being undertaken by Council staff to
identify the current condition and standard of existing infrastructure.
• identify existing and future tracks in adjoining municipalities to ensure linkages
are created, e.g. the Great Dividing Trail and the Goldfields to Murray Trail
• consult widely with local communities to identify specific needs and to build their
capacity to be actively involved in the project, using a variety of consultation
methods
• provide Loddon Shire Council with advice on issues and needs which need to be
addressed in the provision of quality tracks and trails, e.g. management models,
ongoing maintenance, strategic planning and community involvement
• identify needs of specific population groups such as cyclists, recreational horse
riders, canoeists, older people, people with disabilities, women, young people
and other recreational groups in the provision of tracks and trails opportunities.
• identify synergies and potential shared opportunities between recreation /leisure,
tourism, economic development, health, community services and the
environment to ensure that relevant resources are shared and tracks and trails
development opportunities are enhanced.
• interpret and identify relevant themes i.e. landscape, heritage and culture.
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