[talk-au] Things that would be nice if they rendered...

[Liz]

On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, Steve Bennett wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 7:14 AM, John Henderson <snowgum at gmx.com> wrote:
> > On trails which horses use, there's often a type of above-ground "cattle
> > grid" called a "cavaletti".  Typically, it would consist of about 4
> > widely-spaced logs across the track at a height of about a half a metre.
> >  The idea is that a riderless horse will not cross this (and perhaps
> > escape on to a road).
> 
> Oh, is *that* what they're for. I have seen one or two of those
> around, like on a bridleway near Rowville, Vic:
> 
> http://www.nearmap.com/?ll=-37.958364,145.26343&z=22&t=h&nmd=20100416
> 
> They're pretty good at stopping mountain bikers too. :)
> 
> Steve
> 

my quick search showed me that motorcyclists were one of their targets