Carpark & Access Trail - Completed

After years of negotiations between stakeholders Sutherland Shire Council, ANSTO, SUEZ & then Cleanaway, and years of advocacy including petitions and speeches to official meetings of Council, MCTA Inc are proud to be able to officially announce the long awaited carpark and off-road access trail are open, providing safe access for users of the Mill Creek Trail network.Thankfully, the prior years of unsafe parking along New Illawarra Road, and unsafe access for Mountain Bikers having to share Little Forest Road with heavy vehicles accessing the resource recovery park, didn't result in the catastrophic outcomes that the near misses being reported could've realised.Visitors to the trail network now have a sealed and marked, 50 space car park, accessible via Little Forest Road, open daily between 6:00am - 7:00pm. The access trail, running parallel to and then following the extension of Little Forest Road, provides a 1.5km trail to access the trailhead of the Mill Creek network.MCTA Inc have already noted an increase in families and kids now using the network since the car park opening in early 2026, with the safe parking and access clearly having the desired effect of increasing not only the total amount of visitors, but importantly, widening the demographic variety of visitors, helping to successfully grow Mountain Biking in the Sutherland Shire.