Kingborough Bicycle Users Group

14/09/2025

30/08/2025

Kingborough Council is starting work on a new 300m shared path connector this week that will take a few months to finish.

The new 3m wide path will start on the Whitewater Creek Track at the Southern Outlet underpass and skirt around the Kings Quarter to meet the footpath on Channel Highway just after/before the Summerleas Road roundabout.

It will provide a shortcut link into the town centre, rather than having to ride around Kingston Park.

25/08/2025

07/03/2025

🚲 Calling on bicycle owners to help put the brakes on bike theft with Bikelinc - a Crime Stoppers online community tool that connects owners to their bike.

Great to be at in Launceston today with Tasmanian Association of Police and Community Youth Clubs and Tasmania Police reminding keen riders how Bikelinc helps protect your bike.
🚲 Links your bike to you through its unique serial number
🚲 Used by police to identify rightful owners
🚲 Makes it harder for stolen bikes to circulate
🚲 Easy and free to join

Find out more at https://bikelinc.com.au/

Pictured: Launceston PCYC Melissa Matthys, Crime Stoppers Tasmania Ambassador Mark Mewis, Tasmania Police Constable Richard Douglas, Cycle2 retailer Cameron McCormack

18/12/2024

Thanks to David Bain Kingborough Councillor for raising the missing safe pedestrian-cycling links in the Algona Road roundabout project at the recent council meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-mna_0xZwY

The council will write to the Tasmanian Government ministers and all parliamentarians outlining its expectations that a pedestrian-cycling overpass will be built early as part of the project.

The council's protest comes after the Tasmanian Parliament's Public Works Committee outlined its expectation that government would find the funding to include the vital link.

The motion and background is in the council's 16 December agenda: https://www.kingborough.tas.gov.au/council/council-meetings/

14/12/2024

27/10/2024

27/10/2024

A new shared pathway for cyclists and walkers has transformed a former rail line along Tasmania’s north-west coast.

Connecting Wynyard and Burnie, the $15.72 million project has replaced the once-industrial rail line with a 13.2km ocean-side path.

Over 250 locals, including organised groups of cyclists who rode together from both Burnie and Wynyard, gathered at Anzac Park in Somerset for the official opening ceremony last week.

20/10/2024