Sadly- I see so much of it. and although I hate to generalise, I do see evidence that points to 4WDers.
Often when Im riding tracks in the Coromandel that are used by the 4WDers, I see places where they have become stuck. branches and pungas and rocks thrown into muddy holes and clay sprayed all up the trees behind where they were parked. almost without exception- this scene is littered with several Woodstock 8% cans. -If they have a vehicle capable of carrying full ones in- why cant they carry empties out!!?? These guys are so hard on the environment! and the other thing is obvious... towards the end of their 'adventure' they have consumed far more alchohol than is safe for someone to opperate machinary in difficult conditions. Oh- then of course they must drive home down public roads too!
After 30 years of off road adventure riding I have become to think of us as mechanised extreme athletes- sort of Steve Gurneys on wheels.
but after 30 years of seeing how 4WDers treat the same areas I have lost all respect for them as responsible users of the environment.
Obviously, there are the good ones who only leave tyre tracks
- but whenever I see bottles ,cigarette butts, cans, broken vehicle parts, Steel spikes sticking out of the ground that they have driven in to winch off, churned out log filled holes and massive erosion on banks where they go up and down repeatedly in the same place - Im always left with pictures in my head of Bogan -Joe Dirt- Trailer Park boys.
There ya go - Rant over! - just had to get it off my chest.. Now I can enjoy Christmas- Best wishes to all you environmentaly concious dirt bikers out there.

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