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The new edition has just come back from the printers. We are posting copies today (12/12/2001) to everyone who preordered. It is not too late to get a...
A new edition of our Victorian Rail Trail Guidebook will soon be available. The new guide has been fully revised with improved layout, new photos and ...
How do you spell “rail trail” anyway? (Does anyone care?) Three years ago, the Railtrails Australia committee discussed how to spell ̶...
Railtrails Australia has been monitoring the possibility of a rail trail along at least part of the historic Brisbane River Valley railway. In 1998 we...
There have been developments on a number of Victorian trails in recent months. A quick round up: Murray to the Mountains – Work is nearing compl...
At the Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Lilydale to Warburton Trail last week, the position of Treasurer was not filled. If would consider...
This year the railway form Lilydale to Warburton celebrates its centenary. While the railway is no longer with us, the Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trai...
The Great Southern Rail Trail have a new information brochure. It is available by writing to: Friends of The Great Southern Rail Trail, P.O. Box 521, ...
The Age of 26 June reports that the Victorian Government plans to use railway corridors for the roll-out of cable for broadband networks. Linear railw...
Information courtesy of the Bellarine Peninsula Railway. The Bellarine Peninsula Rail Trail runs from the outskirts of Geelong to the sea-side town of...
Support for the Upper Blue Mountains Rail Trail is gaining momentum. The report below appeared in the Blue Mountains Gazette of Wednesday 9 May 2001. ...
The last 2 km section from Sullivans Track to Yallourn has been graded and has a good surface (except for small sections where 4X4 wheel vehicles have...
Hundreds of cyclists flocked to Beechworth for the opening of the trail from Everton to Beechworth on Easter Monday. This new 16 km section of the tra...
Descriptions of railtrails on the Tasmanian West Coast are now available on the Railtrails Australia web site. A more detailed article on these trails...
Bicycle Victoria met Minister Sheryl Garbutt in early April to seek resinstatement of funds ($700K) for the development of railtrails. The advice from...
On Easter Monday the trail from Beechworth to Everton will be officially opened. It takes the form of a ride leaving the former Beechworth Railway Sta...
According to the February Trails & Greenways Update, the e-newsletter of the California Office of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, “The RTC has ...
Montezuma Falls Railtrail The North East Dundas Tramway once provided access to the mining town of Williamsford, passing on a high trestle bridge past...
Win the new book Railtrails Australia is planning for a new edition of Railtrails of Victoria to be published at the end of this year. If you own a co...
Further to our recent item about the development of a trail beside a railway in the Blue Mountains, the Rails to Trails Conservancy in the US has rece...
Beechworth to Everton A new section of the railtrail from Beechworth to Everton is now effectively complete. Featuring a bituminous surface the trail ...
The Great Southern Rail Trail have a new information brochure. It is available by writing to: Friends of The Great Southern Rail Trail, P.O. Box 521, ...
East Gippsland Rail Trail Works on the trail from Bruthen to Nowa Nowa are progressing. A good trail should be constructed through to Stoney Creek by ...
Victorian scouts have introduced a series of badges which scouts can achieve, related to ‘doing’ trails including railtrails. Most scouts ...
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