Forester Road

Fingerboard sign at the junction of North Scottsdale Rd (C831/C832) & Old Waterhouse Rd (C832), 5km northeast of Scottsdale. Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2008.

Introduced: 1980

Length: 15km

Eastern Terminus: Warrentinna Rd (C835) & Forester Rd (C834), 6km north of Branxholm

Western Terminus: Old Waterhouse Rd (C832) & Forester Rd (C834), 11km northeast of Scottsdale

Route taken: Forester Rd, Forester Link, Forester Rd

Focal Points: (Branxholm)

Responsibility: Local Government

C834 is an east-west route running through forested country north of the Tasman Highway (A3) between Scottsdale and Branxholm. Primarily serving the forestry industry, although there are some beautiful valleys and picnic areas along the route, it is completely unsealed although reasonably wide and in good condition. It follows Forester Rd for the most part, however it does bypass the locality of Forester to the south-west via Forester Link.

Notable Events:

2008 - Timber bridge over Great Forester River replaced by a concrete structure

Photos of route C834
	Old Waterhouse Rd (C832) looking north to the junction with Forester Rd (C834), 11km northeast of Scottsdale. Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Fingerboard sign assembly at the junction of Old Waterhouse Rd (C832) & Forester Rd (C834). Note how the C832 fingerboards are not facing C834 traffic. Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	An early break in the forest - Forester Rd (C834) looking east across Footrot Flats, 1km east of Old Waterhouse Rd (C832). Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Forester Rd (C834) looking east across the old timber bridge at Great Forester River, 2km east of Old Waterhouse Rd (C832). Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	The bridge over the Great Forester River was replaced in 2008 and this photo shows a similar view eastwards across the new concrete bridge. Source: Peter Renshaw, March 2009.
	Forester Rd (C834) looking east near Goanna Track, 3km east of Old Waterhouse Rd (C832), as it descends towards the Arnon River. Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Forester Rd (C834) looking east across the Arnon River bridge, 3.7km east of Old Waterhouse Rd (C832). Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Forester Rd (C834) looking east at the junction with Arnon Rd, which is evidently a well-used forestry link to the Tasman Highway, 4km east of Old Waterhouse Rd (C832). Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Forester Rd (C834) looking east towards the crossing of Ten Mile Creek and the junction with Forester Link (C834). C834 makes the right turn onto Forester Link to bypass the section of Forester Rd through the tiny locality of Forester. Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Close-up of the lone fingerboard sign pointing eastbound C834 traffic along Forester Link at the junction with Forester Rd (C834). Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Forester Link (C834) looking southeast, 200m south of the junction with Forester Rd (C834). Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Forester Link (C834) looking southeast, 7km east of Old Waterhouse Rd (C832). The sign on the right marks Marshes Spur - a forestry plantation. Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Lone mini-fingerboard sign at the eastern junction of Forester Rd (C834) & Forester Link (C834), 7.5km east of Old Waterhouse Rd (C832). I have a feeling that this sign was located at the wrong junction - it should be pointing to the west at the western junction of these two roads. Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Forester Rd (C834) looking east into the Pearly Brook valley, 7.5km east of Old Waterhouse Rd (C832). Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Forester Rd (C834) looking east through the Pearly Brook valley, showing a badly deteriorating short section of sealed surface. Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Forester Rd (C834) looking east at the junction with Stonjeks Rd at the eastern end of the Pearl Brook valley, 10km east of old Waterhouse Rd (C832). Note the old style fingerboard sign pointing towards Mt Horror. Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	East of the Pearly Brook valley, the forest soon encloses the route. This view is looking east 10.5km east of Old Waterhouse Rd (C832) showing an exceptionally narrow section of road. Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Forester Rd (C834) looking east towards the junction with Walkers Rd, 13km east of Old Waterhouse Rd (C832). Note the fingerboard sign assembly on the right-hand-side of the road up ahead. Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Dilapidated fingerboard sign assembly at the junction of Forester Rd (C834) & Walkers Rd with Walkers Rd in the background. Note that the signs are not facing Walkers Rd traffic - they are only visible to through traffic. Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Old style fingerboard sign assembly on the opposite side of the intersection (where the above sign assembly should also be!) visible to Walkers Rd traffic. Walkers Rd links to the Tasman Highway (A3) west of Branxholm. Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Forester Rd (C834) looking east towards the junction with an unnamed forestry road, 500m east of Walkers Rd, with a lone fingerboard sign. Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Lone fingerboard sign at the junction of Forester Rd (C834) and an unnamed forestry road, 1.5km west of Warrentinna Rd (C835). Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Forester Rd (C834) looking east towards the crossing of the Boobyalla River, 1km west of Warrentinna Rd (C835). Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Forester Rd (C834) looking east towards the junction with Warrentinna Rd (C835). Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Forester Rd (C834) looking east at the junction with Warrentinna Rd (C835). Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.
	Fingerboard sign assembly at the junction of Warrentinna Rd (C835) & Forester Rd (C834), 6km north of Branxholm. Note the absence of any focal destinations for C834 - this route is understandably not promoted as a through route to Scottsdale. Source: Peter Renshaw, November 2007.