Council
8 December, 2025
Council recognises importance of motorcycle complex
Wollondilly Shire Council will take steps to protect the future of the Appin Motorcycle Complex.
Wollondilly Shire Council will take steps to protect the future of the Appin Motorcycle Complex.
The complex – also known as the Macarthur Motorcycle Complex – is the only multi discipline motorcycle complex in the Greater Sydney area and has a membership of almost 4000.
However it is coming under increased pressure from growth in the Appin area – in particular plans for the Greater Macarthur Transit Corridor (GMTC).
The GMTC will protect land for a future road and according to Transport for NSW will provide “convenient, safe and reliable transport connections” throughout the Greater Macarthur Growth Area.
It originates in the north at Menangle Road at Menangle and runs south to Appin.
Wollondilly Shire Council resolved at its November meeting, on a Notice of Motion from Cr Paul Rogers, to continue to advocate for the GMTC to avoid the motorcycle complex.
With this in mind it will make representations to the Member for Campbelltown Greg Warren, the Minister for Planning Paul Scully and the Minister for Roads Jenny Aitchison.
Council will also ensure that people buying or moving into Appin developments are made aware of the complex by including a notation on Section 10.5 planning certificates and by working with developers to ensure the complex is noted on all future advertising documents.
Cr Rogers’ wide-ranging motion also recognises the club but for its environmental efforts and in particular its work to protect koala habitat.
The area is often used to release koalas back into the wild and for years has been used by zoos and wildlife carers as a reliable food source for koalas.
Cr Rogers – a keen motorcyclist – said the Appin facility had been an important part of Wollondilly and had supported the legal use off-road motorcycles for more than 50 years.
He said 100,000 people passed through the gates last year alone, with as many as 200 riders using the track each day on Saturdays and Sundays.
“The pressure of development around the site is coming,” Cr Rogers said.
“We as a council need to do all we can for future residents to understand the track is there, how it operates and the history.
“We need to make it clear to other levels of government we want this track to continue to operate for the families of Wollondilly and greater Sydney that enjoy off-road motorcycling,” he said.
Vice president of the Macarthur Motorcycle Complex, Jacob Dow, told Wollondilly council’s public forum on November 18 that he had been a member of the club for the past 23 years – since he was four years of age.
He said the age of current members ranged from three to 70.
Mr Dow said the Appin Motorcycle Complex was one of the nation’s ‘premier’ multi discipline motorcycle facilities.
He said the club was not anti-development and understood that development was inevitable but wanted to work with stakeholders to ensure the club had a future in its current location.
Cr Rogers’ Notion of Motion received strong support from fellow councillors including from Cr Jacqueline Jenson who said she had spent “many years” at the complex learning to ride.
Cr Suzy Brandstater said the complex held “enormous meaning” for the local community and for “generations of people” who had grown up with it.
She said there was nothing else like it in the region and described it as “a constant” in an area of rapid change.
Cr Brandstater said Cr Rogers’ Notice of Motion would lead to “important, sensible and proactive steps” that would help prevent conflict before it begins.
Cr Matthew Deeth said tracks like the one at one at Appin created “amazing athletes” and represented a “real opportunity” in terms of tourism.
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