Property & land
Buying Land To Build A Motocross Track On
What Adam looks at before you sign anything
People send us listings all the time and ask if it'll work. It's the best time to ask. Once the contract is signed you're building around whatever the block gives you.
None of this replaces your own due diligence with council, surveyors or your solicitor. It's the riding and dirt side — the part most buyers don't think about until it's too late.
Fall, and which way it runs
Elevation change is the single best feature a block can have. What matters is whether the fall is useable — gentle and long is often better than steep and short, and fall that runs straight at your house or your neighbour's boundary is a headache.
Where the water goes
Walk it after rain if you can. Look for the flow paths, the low corners that stay wet, and any sign the block takes water from up the hill. Water you can't move dictates the layout more than anything you'd choose.
Soil, and how much of it there is
Ask what's under the topsoil. Shallow soil over rock changes what can be shaped and what has to be worked around. Straight sand, heavy clay and good loam all ride differently and all maintain differently.
Access for machines
Getting gear onto a property is a real cost. Gate widths, culverts, boggy entries, tight corners and low power lines all matter. So does whether we can move material on site instead of importing it.
Neighbours, noise and council
- How close is the nearest house, and which way does the wind carry?
- Zoning, and what your council says about recreational use and earthworks
- Vegetation and clearing rules for the area
- Easements, covenants and anything registered on the title
- Bushfire, flood or overlay constraints that limit what can be built where
The bit people forget
Where will you park, unload, sit, and watch? A track with nowhere to set up gets used less. Room for a shed, a pit area and shade is worth as much as another 200 metres of lap.
Send us the listing before you buy. Adam will tell you straight whether the block is worth chasing.
Co-Founder & Lead Operator
Adam Thurrowgood
Adam has spent 25+ years behind the controls and the handlebars. He designs every Full Throttle Earthworks track himself, from the rider's seat as much as the operator's — around the land, the bikes and the people riding them.
No templates and no copy-paste layouts. If a section doesn't feel right on the bike, it doesn't stay in the ground.
He writes about track building, flow, terrain and what actually changes when you ride what you build.
