History made with Tweed Section of Northern Rivers Rail Trail opening today
There was a palpable sense of history being made in Murwillumbah NSW this morning, as the Tweed section of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail was officially opened by Tweed Council and the NSW government.
The northern terminus of this 24km section of the eventual 132km trail is located at the heritage-listed Murwillumbah Station, appropriately occupied by the town’s Visitor Centre and Murwillumbah Cycles bike sales and hire shop.
After speakers thanked the tireless workers, both paid and unpaid, who persevered for nearly 15 years to realise the trail, hundreds of dignitaries and supporters watched on as Deputy Premier the Hon Paul Toole, Member for Lismore the Hon Janelle Safin, Tweed Mayor Chris Cherry and NRRT Supporters group President Pat Grier cut the ribbon opening the newest NSW rail trail to the public. Dozens of bikes, walkers, wheelchair users and Cycling Without Age trishaws then took off down the trail towards Crabbes Creek.
Two further sections of the NRRT are currently funded: Richmond Valley (Casino to Bentley) 14.4km (completion date December 2023) and Lismore (Bentley to Eltham) 31.8km (planning phase). Furthermore, Byron Council have received funding for a feasibility study of the 62.8km Eltham to Yelgun stage, and are also studying connecting Crabbes Creek to Mullumbimby.
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6 comments on “History made with Tweed Section of Northern Rivers Rail Trail opening today”
Better By Bike a new E-bike hire company servicing the Trail from Byron and Tweed had 12 customers on the trail and all of them had the best day ever. Lynn
Had a great ride out and back yesterday, even though it was quite warm!
Make sure you have some sort of headlight for the 500m long Burringbar Range Tunnel.
Wonderful to see! Can’t wait to ride it xx
A great summary of a great day.To clarify though:it is the Northern Rivers Joint Organisation (of all five loca councils) that has received the funding for a study and business case for completing the rail trail between Eltham amd Wooyong, lncluding an on-road and path link to Ballina amd Lennox Head.
Also worth noting, the first Cycling Without Age triahaw passenger on the rail trail was Margo Anthony, the widow of former local member amd Deputy Prime Minister, Doug Anthony, who wasa keen commuter cyclist in Canberra, a strong supporter of the building of the cycling infrastructure there, and Patron of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail.
Really looking forward to riding this trail next week. Wonderful to have this kind of experience nearby rather than having to travel many hundreds of kilometres either up to the BVRT or down to Victoria.
Magnificent, and now let's get the rest of the rail trail done plus all the other great NSW rail trails waiting to be developed.