b' News from FWDVCEO NewsStrzelecki Track sealingTo all our valued meeting to help us communicate with commencedmembers, you and subsequently we hope, yourI hope you are all well and coping club members.with these trying times. As we have The Covid situation has nullified anyindicated previously, we the plans for activities that we would haveAssociation, are certainly here for you liked to be doing for some time now,if you need to talk or ask questions in including the volunteering programsany way that may help your situation. such as Camp Host etc. Rest assuredPlease do not hesitate to contact the as soon as we can get back out there,office if you require help in any way. the call will be given for all sorts ofWe are constantly trying to improve things to be tackled including trackour communication with our member clearing and generally assisting thebase with the website being updated land managers to open the great out-regularly along with our social media doors that we yearn to be traversingplatforms also assisting in this regard. in. We know that presently there areIt is up to you to let us know whether regions such as the Wombat stateyou can access these mediums as we forest which are closed due to thesee that there are still nowhere recent storm activity with trees beingenough members getting into the down all through the area. The land Another Outback icon is about tomembers section of our website. managers are trying to clear the change forever, with the sealing ofPlease contact the office to let us help region at present and are keeping in the first 50 kilometres of the famedyou with any problems you may be touch with us as it happens. Strzelecki Track in South Australia.having with this endeavour or just Obviously, we have offered our The trek many four wheelers havesend us an email so we can put you assistance and are waiting for a made to Innaminka, Coogie Lakeson the database. We are also looking chance to ask our teams to get and onwards to Birdsville andto develop a FWDV app for our amongst the effort. We are also very beyond along the dusty dirt track iscommunication purposes and ask if thankful to those volunteers who have about to become considerablythere is anyone out there in our clubs contributed their time to assisting easier, andlikely to entice manywho has the skills to assist in this storm impacted regions and cleaning less prepared travellers as thechallenge, we would love to hear from up fallen trees in these areas. bitumen reaches into the Outback.you. Unfortunately we cannot give any Stage 1 of the project, immeditatelyDue to the Covid19 situation there will more information on the Toolangi north of Lyndhurst, has beenbe meetings held in the very near Quarry as our attempts to visit the allocated $10 million by the SAfuture, unfortunately via Zoom, to region have been postponed due to government, with another $125enable Presidents and/or Delegates to the various lockdowns. As soon as we million coming from the Federalhave a chance to ask questions and are able we shall head for the hills government for Stage 2.learn what we are doing in the inter- and get started on all those things weests of the Association and you the need to do to move forward on this All 472 kilometres of the track willmembers. Please look out for these project.eventually be sealed. With the firstplans and try to become part of the 50 kilometres of sealed nearingcompletion, pre construction activi-ties for the next two sections, a10km section south of Innaminckeand a 93km section south ofMoomba to the Strzelecki Creekcrossing are now under way.In total 74 kilometres of sealed roadis now open to traffic along theiconic track.Toolangi QuarryTRACKWATCH SEPTEMBER 2021 5'