Australian Railtrails News Roundup
New South Wales
The old Meadowbank rail bridge across the Parramatta River in Sydney was opened by the NSW Minister for Transport on Thursday 13 April as a railtrail. It cost around $1 million. The railtrail links the north and south banks of the Parramatta River and the network of bike paths around the Olympic site.
Last week at Grafton the 1300 participants in the bike ride from Tweed Heads to Sydney travelled on the brand new railtrail on the southern bank of the Clarence river. The trail avoids difficult road and rail crossings in the area.
South Australia
A working party is putting together a strategy for Railtrails as part of the Greenways Bill currently before Parliament.
The Willunga path has had some recent works to extend it to further south. The Clare Valley trail is being audited as to future improvement.
Western Australia
A cycle path from Perth to Albany is to be developed which will parallel the Bibilum Track. Part of it will be former railway lines.
A state wide plan from trails is being prepared. 1300 km of trails have now been developed in Western Australia of which about 200 km are railtrails.
Victoria
Work is progressing on the Anderson to Kilcunda Trail. Grading of the trail has recently been performed between Kilcunda and Dalyston. The trail is clear and wide, but at the time of writing the surface is fairly rough.
The Tambo River Bridge on the East Gippsland Rail Trail is now open.
A community walk is to be held on Sunday 16 April from Curdies to Timboon along the Timboon Railtrail currenlty being developed.
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17/05/22
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The New South Wales State Government has provided a framework for the development of new rail trails in NSW. The NSW Rai...
The East Gippsland Rail Trail (EGRT) recently received an $82,500 grant from the East Gippsland Community Foundation’s...
The NSW Government, Regional NSW, has just released the long-awaited report of the impact of the construction of the Tum...
Walking, running or cycling on the O’Keefe Rail Trail in northern Victoria, it may seem that nothing new has been happ...
An impressive turnout of riders came together to ride the Hamilton – Coleraine Rail Trail. Riders traversed throug...
A 2km extension of the Barossa Rail Trail from Kalbeeba to Gawler East is nearly complete. After significant weather del...
The Boorowa to Galong Rail Trail group in south-western NSW has obtained funding to conduct a rail trail feasibility stu...
The Kotta and Lockington Communities in Victoria recently welcomed back the Kotta Station to its original home after for...
Sunday, 29 May saw the inaugural Mansfield Marathon event along the Great Victorian Rail Trail (GVRT) organised by the n...
Lifecycle for Canteen is the biggest WA fundraiser for CanTeen, the cancer support charity dedicated to providing suppor...
In a joint bid with Central Goldfields Shire Council and Mt Alexander Shire Councils, Castlemaine Maryborough Rail Trail...
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