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Facilitation Services

Clarity, alignment and shared direction for complex trail projects.

At Blue Sky Trails, we help councils, land managers and volunteer organisations navigate the complexity that comes with trail planning, governance and long-term management. Our facilitation services are designed to bring people together, unlock clarity, and build the shared understanding required to deliver sustainable trail outcomes.

We combine trail expertise with structured, human-centred facilitation methods. We create safe and constructive environments where stakeholders can surface challenges openly, explore different viewpoints, and work collaboratively toward practical solutions. Our role is to guide conversations, ask the right questions in the right context, and help groups design outcomes they can stand behind.

Whether the challenge is governance, strategy, risk, trail management, or inter-agency alignment, we support organisations to move from uncertainty to clarity, and from complex problems to actionable plans.

  • We understand trails deeply

    With decades of hands-on experience we speak the language of councils, land managers, trail builders and volunteers bridging gaps that often hinder progress.
  • We navigate complex group dynamics

    Our facilitators know how to create inclusive environments that balance strong personalities, build trust quickly, and unify differing perspectives without losing sight of practical realities.
  • We use structured tools that drive progress
    Workshops are highly participatory, using mapping, alignment-building, and priority-setting tools to turn ideas into clarity.

  • We deliver tangible outcomes
    Every facilitation process results in practical outputs such as governance frameworks, strategic plans, project briefs, training materials or implementation pathways, not just conversations.

 

Who We Support

Our facilitation services have helped everyone from small community networks to major regional initiatives. We help groups find alignment, reduce friction, and move forward with confidence.

Land Managers

Land managers designing new governance models.

Clubs

Clubs creating their strategic direction.

Councils

Councils seeking clarity on complex multi-stakeholder projects.

State Agencies

State agencies aligning internal teams around shared priorities.

Volunteer Groups

Volunteer groups and managers build better relationships and shared understanding

Testimonials

“On initial review of the report, firstly wow, this is awesome data and provides excellent recommendations/action requirements and visual representations. Secondly, thank you – I know that things were shuffled to accommodate this as priority work and we would be even further behind the 8 ball if not for your prompt response.”

Sacha Eckert,
Parks & Recreation Business Services CoordinatorWestern Downs Regional Council

“After the significant weather event in the Cairns region in December 2023 it’s no surprise that the trail networks sustained significant damage. We suggested to two separate mountain bike clubs in the region that we could complete a detailed trail condition audit through the Trail Vision platform that would potentially assist them with securing funding for remediation works. The club that accepted our offer and invested in the Trail Vision report was able to share the report with local council members and public works departments and has been successful in so far attaining $100k plus in funding. The club that didn’t commit to having a Trail Vision report completed has only been able to secure minor funding grants to our knowledge.”

Ryan De La Rue Director Contour Works

Why Blue Sky Trails?

Blue Sky Trails is your trail management business partner.

Our team is agile and adaptive, comfortably working into small upgrades or new destination networks. We are currently providing client side project management services for $11M worth of trail projects across Australia, including several multi-million dollar trail projects.

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Talk to our expert team at Blue Sky Trails today and take your trail care to the next level.

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