Sidings Rail Trail - Trail Description

The trail starts at the railway bridge at Nannup. Barry Holt

Location: South of Perth, 300km from Perth

Start/end: Nannup to Jarrahwood

Region: Western Australia

Length open: 26km

Surface: Gravel

Description

The Sidings Rail Trail beings at the old railway bridge in the Nannup Foreshore Park. It runs as far as Jarrahwood following the route of a government railway which operated between 1909 and 1984. Another rail trail, the Old Timberline Trail takes a parallel route as far as Cambray Siding providing the option of a 37km loop.

The trail is gravel and, as at April 2008, is still quite looose from the recent removal of the sleepers which were left in place after the line's closure in 1984. At various places sleepers have been laid over the path on very short sections to give an impression of how it looked before conversion to a trail. The trail moves to the side along these parts.

There are several small railway bridges along the way some of which have been used as crossings and some where the trail runs alongside on a new smaller bridge.

Leaving Nannup, the Old Timberline Trail branches to the left after the railway bridge while the Sidings Rail Trail continues north and crosses the Vasse Hwy. After a second crossing of the highway it passes through three old railway sidings, the biggest being Cambray where you can still see original sleepers and track in the ground. The Old Timberline Trail links up at here. Keep an eye out for the sign.

The trail crosses the highway again 1km from Jarrahwood. The last part of the trail still has sleepers in place (as of April 2008).

The Trail then continues onto Nannup. There are still a lot of rail spikes, fishplates, sleepers and pieces of track spread around the sides of the trail. There are even some original distance signs on posts at the side of the trail. These are white with black numbers.

Main distances:

Section	Distance from Nannup
Bibilup Siding	7.5km
Dellerton Siding	12km
Cambray Siding	15km
Cambray Siding via Old Timberline Trail	22km
St John Brook Bridge	20km
Jarrahwood	26km

Thanks to Carl Bentley for assistance with this description.

The rail trail is managed by the Recreation and Trails Unit of the Department of Environment and Conservation , ph. (08) 93340265 or email.

News Items

• May 2007 Sidings Rail Trail Open

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