A petition to save the operation of motorbikes at the park has begun circulating with 1029 signatures since March 28.

While council haven’t prohibited the use of motorbikes at the park the owners have said they remain wary and said it is “no longer viable” for them to accept motorbikes.

“We do not know accurately just how many bikes we could accommodate for the three month testing period and any breach would see council fining us very heavily,” a statement on the parks Facebook page said.

Tenterfield Shire Council have ordered that the park undergo further sound testing followed by verification modelling of sound under a Queensland accepted criteria and then a new sound management plan which would need to be presented to council.

The petition started following council’s decisions at an extraordinary meeting last month and has so far seen people from Tabulam to as far away as South Australia sign up.

“This petition is aimed at Tenterfield local council for their extraordinary decision on the operating hours placed on Emu Creek Extreme Retreat. Their noise management plan is 100 per cent guaranteed to put an end to motorcycling in the park,” the petition reads.

“The noise metering station they want will cost around $120,000 a year to keep on site and is completely irrelevant as there is no other motorcycle park or four wheel drive park made to run under these ridiculous sanctions,” the petition says.

Signees have expressed their dismay at the latest developments.

“I live right next door to Emu Creek and we have never had any problems - not much noise or complaints about customers going there. Council is unjust by trying to close it down - it’s good for the small population of Tabulam to have it running at full capacity,” a resident of Tabulam said.

“This park is the kind of place that allows parents to take their kids and teach them to ride and camp in a safe environment. It is unfair to place such unrealistic requirements on a place that has provided so much enjoyment and could continue to do so for so many families,” a signee from Port Macquarie said.

A Facebook page set up to support the parks survival has already attracted nearly 2,300 followers in a couple of weeks.

The Four Mile Creek Action Group who opposes the operation of motorbikes at the park has welcomed council’s findings.

“Since March 25 when Cr Maxwell officially published and declared that the restrictions were unrealistic and no more motorbikes were allowed at the venue, we residents all cried out and ‘whooped’,” spokesperson for the group Christine Baker said.

“Our lives were so miserable, none of us bought acreages to have to lock ourselves indoors trying to drown that monotonous off-road motorbike noise out.

“It is so sad to think that a business can only survive and be viable by causing misery and discomfort.

“The roads feel so much safer without ECER (Emu Creek Extreme Retreat) customers assuming our main road (dirt) is an extension of this park,” Ms Baker said.