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Map suitability: Low relief terrain with much interesting mining detail.
Land Manager: Parks Victoria except for the terrain south of the New Moon mine which is DEECA (Earth Resources).
Access issues:
Some tracks are deteriorating.
Heavy traffic some days from dump trucks in the New Moon mine area.
Active rehabilitation areas are not to be entered.
Assembly sites:
Woodvale Recreation Reserve. Great assembly site but at the wrong end of the map for the best terrain. The site needs to be booked and paid for. Details on sign at site. Toilets, shelter, even a kitchen for hire. Competitor Instructions.
Sander picnic ground. Large clearing with no facilities. Very pleasant location on a sunny winters day. Sometimes has campers. Road access problematic in wet weather. If choosing this area, you will need to check road access from the north and south in the week before the event. Competitor instructions.
Raywood Channel area off Whipstick Rd. There is parking for up to 30 cars in the main area. There are two smaller clearing to the north. Competitor instructions.
New Moon Mine site. Since a massive rehabilitation project there is an extremely large clearing here. Lots of parking on Beelzebub Gully Rd and in the nearby clearing. Mid-week there can be large dump trucks using these roads. Competitor instructions.
Beelzebub Gully Rd. Parking suitable for a local event in clearings either side of the road here. Competitor information.
Eaglehawk North Primary School. Seek permission from the school. Competitor instructions.
Rifle Range Dam. Parking for 35 cars in clearing beside dam. Further parking in clearings along Whipstick Rd. Competitor instructions.
Majors Road is quiet and gives access to a rarely used side of the map. Parking is tight near the map but there is ample parking on either side of Majors Rd before reaching the forest area. Competitor instructions.
Napoleon Gully area. Once a regular assembly site, this is no longer suitable due to permit conditions.
North New Moon. Road deterioration and small parking area mean this is no longer suitable.
Safety Issues:
There are a few mine shafts on the map. Do not use as control sites.
Map status: First mapped by Chris Creely in late 1990s using a cadastral base. Remapped 2019 by Neil Barr using lidar base and the first Bendigo use of a mapping tablet. Extreme efforts taken to achieve full ISOM17 compliance. Possibly the most ISOM17 compliant mining terrain map in Australia.
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