To download the GPX files in the sidebar on the right, right-click the link and chose "Save Link As..."

I started collecting these trails using a low cost GPS which only worked in clearings and the track resulting in straight lines between clearings. I have since purchased a more sensitive GPS which works under the forest canopy. I initially stored and plotted the trails using Excel, but now the trail data is stored in an Access database. From this database I produce files in both .GPX format for loading into hand held GPS devices or desktop mapping software, and in .KLM format for loading into Google Earth. My trails database also includes roads.

The trails are colour coded as follows:

• Black = Asphalted roads
• Red = Gravel roads
• Orange = 4x4 traversable vehicle trails (some trails may be gated)
• Yellow = Walking Track
• Brown = Rough track (bush bashing, climbing over downed trees, etc)

Some of the trails require permission from land owners (Kellogg's Farm, Buddhist Monastery). Other trails do traverse private but unoccupied land which I hike as I often use the opportunity to clean up beer cans and debris left by less responsible campers.

Here are some points of interest that I have discovered:

• Old jasper mine
• Large quartz outcropping
• Winch from tree cutting period (1930's?)
• Foundations from early settlements early last century
• Old dam
• Old sheep shed
• Gary Oak meadow
• Old vehicles from the 1930's
• Waterfalls

Some interesting trail loops that vary from a few kilometres to about 10 kilometres and get you back to your vehicle are:

• Barbara Streisand-Dr Bob Loop (Quartz outcropping)
• Mill Farm-Kellogg's Gate Loop (Old settlement foundations, vehicles, dam, jasper mine)
• Coast waterfall loop
• Burgoyne Bay to Mt Bruce and back

Other routes that are one way and need to have a vehicle pick you up to return you to your car are:

• Hydro Line from Burgoyne Bay to Musgrave Landing
• Cape Keppel to Musgrave Landing

For routes that more or less follow mountain contours:

• Mt Tuam Plateau routes (Many different trails to go to the quarry or surrounding areas)
• South West Mt Bruce-Hope Hill slope (Many different 4x4 trails that traverse this side of the mountain range)

As well as a .GPX files of the trails, I have a .KML file that will work with Google Earth as it is a good viewing tool to show the altitude and terrain. If you have Google Earth installed you can download and double click the file and it should load into Google Earth. Alternatively, you can load it into Google Earth using File/Open. Once it is loaded you can expand the "All Trails KML" under the Temporary Places to show or hide individual track segments. I have named them by the area and then a descriptor which is my way of uniquely identifying them.

There is currently a reported bug in the latest version of Google Earth that seems to affect some tracks that have a less than 20 points. These "buggy" tracks end up being just 1 pixel wide, are incredibly faint and do not show up until zoomed in to an eye altitude of around 1 kilometre. When I try to duplicate the problem so I can report it to Google, results vary. I have tried a number of proposed fixes to no avail. Unfortunately the current and only available downloadable version of Google Earth is a beta test version. It seems Google saves money by having its free usage customer base do testing on Google's behalf.