Blue Derby Mountain Bike Trails

Blue Derby Mountain Bike Trails is an extensive purpose-built mountain bike network centred on the former tin-mining town of Derby in north-east Tasmania, within the Dorset local government area. Extending over 125 kilometres through temperate rainforest, eucalypt forest and along the Ringarooma River, it is internationally recognised as a premier riding destination. Developed from 2015 to revitalise the town, it offers graded trails for beginners to experts and has hosted Enduro World Series events.

Visitors can expect a large network of signed, purpose-built trails starting from the Derby trail head on Main Street and extending to the Blue Tier and surrounding forests. The setting includes dense rainforest, fern gullies, eucalypt forest, river crossings and historic mining landscapes. Visitors can explore graded loops from easy green to extreme double-black, shuttle-accessed descents, pump track and skills areas, with cafes, bike hire, shuttle operators and visitor information at the trail head.

Derby was established as a tin-mining town from the 1870s around the Briseis Mine, once one of the world's richest tin mines. After mining decline and the 1929 Briseis Dam disaster, the town's population fell. From 2014-2015 the Dorset Council, Tasmanian Government and partners developed the Blue Derby Mountain Bike Trails on former forestry and mining land as an economic revitalisation project, opening the first trails in 2015.

The trails represent a community-led regeneration of a former mining town into a nationally and internationally significant recreation and tourism asset, supporting local businesses and showcasing the forest landscapes of north-east Tasmania.