West Scottsdale Loop


AD sign eastbound on Tasman Highway (A3) approaching the eastern junction with Sledge Track (C830). Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2008.

Introduced: 1980

Length: 9km

Western Terminus: Tasman Highway (A3) & Sledge Track (C830), 10km southwest of Scottsdale

Eastern Terminus: Tasman Highway (A3) & Sledge Track (C830), 3km southwest of Scottsdale

Route taken: Sledge Track

Focal Points: West Scottsdale

Responsibility: Local Government

C830 is a 9km long, partly sealed loop from the Tasman Highway (A3) west of Scottsdale serving the locality of West Scottsdale. East of West Scottsdale, the route is generally comprised of a narrow sealed surface, whilst the western portion of the route has a well-maintained gravel surface.

Photos of route C830 (from east to west)

Top: AD sign westbound on Tasman Highway (A3) approaching the eastern junction with Sledge Track (C830), 3km southwest of Scottsdale.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

AD sign eastbound on Tasman Highway (A3) approaching the eastern junction with Sledge Track (C830), 3km southwest of Scottsdale.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

Top: C830 fingerboard sign at the eastern junction of Tasman Highway (A3) & Sledge Track (C830).
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2008.

Bottom: Deteriorating A3 fingerboards at the eastern junction of Tasman Highway (A3) & Sledge Track (C830).
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2008.
Sledge Track (C830) looking southwest on the descent to the Brid River, 700m west of the junction with Tasman Highway (A3).
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.
Sledge Track (C830) looking west across the Brid River, 1.5km west of Tasman Highway (A3).
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.

Sledge Track (C830) looking east towards the crossing of the Brid River, 2km west of Tasman Highway (A3).
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.

Sledge Track (C830) looking southwest at the junction with Old School Rd, West Scottsdale, 3km west of Tasman Highway (A3). The sign is a former fingerboard sign reconditioned to act as a locality name plate.
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.

Sledge Track (C830) looking south, 400m south of old School Rd at West Scottsdale, with the Sideling Range in the background.
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.

Sledge Track (C830) looking south at McKays Rd, where the sealed surface ends, 1.7km south of West Scottsdale. Sledge Track remains unsealed for the journey to Tasman Highway (A3).
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.

Sledge Track (C830) looking south approximately 1km south of Mckays Rd.
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.
The final stretch of Sledge Track (C830) photographed from the hills 2km north of Tasman Highway (A3).
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.
Sledge Track (C830) looking south across the Brid River flats, 1km north of Tasman Highway (A3).
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.
Sledge Track (C830) looking south to the junction with Tasman Highway (A3), 10km southwest of Scottsdale.
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.
Fingerboard and road-name signage at the western junction of Tasman Highway (A3) & Sledge Track (C830).
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2008.
Deteriorating A3 fingerboard sign assembly at the western junction of Tasman Highway (A3) & Sledge Track (C830) with the Tasman Highway in the background.
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2008.
AD sign westbound on Tasman Highway (A3) approaching the western junction with Sledge Track (C830), 10km southwest of Scottsdale.
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2008.
AD sign eastbound on Tasman Highway (A3) as it emerges from the Sideling Range on approach to the western junction with Sledge Track (C830).
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2008.

Last updated 8 June 2009
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