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Rail Trails of Victoria and South Australia is now available
11/12/01

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...

New Edition of Rail Trails of Victoria and South Australia
13/10/01

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 ...

“Rail Trail” or “Railtrail” – what’s in a name?
13/10/01

How do you spell “rail trail” anyway? (Does anyone care?) Three years ago, the Railtrails Australia committee discussed how to spell ̶...

Brisbane River Valley Rail Trail At Critical Stage
12/10/01

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...

Victorian Trail Developments
13/08/01

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...

Treasurer for Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trail
13/08/01

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...

Warburton Trail Photographic Competition
12/08/01

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...

Great Southern Rail Trail (Vic)
03/07/01

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, ...

New uses for closed lines (Vic)
03/07/01

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...

Bellarine Peninsular Rail Trail Update (Vic)
26/05/01

Information courtesy of the Bellarine Peninsula Railway. The Bellarine Peninsula Rail Trail runs from the outskirts of Geelong to the sea-side town of...

Upper Blue Mountains Rail Trail (NSW)
24/05/01

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. ...

Moe to Yallourn Rail Trail Extended (Vic)
28/04/01

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...

Opening of railtrail to Beechworth (Vic)
21/04/01

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...

Tasmanian West Coast Trails added to the site
21/04/01

Descriptions of railtrails on the Tasmanian West Coast are now available on the Railtrails Australia web site. A more detailed article on these trails...

Victorian Railtrail Funding
10/04/01

Bicycle Victoria met Minister Sheryl Garbutt in early April to seek resinstatement of funds ($700K) for the development of railtrails. The advice from...

Opening of the Murray to the Mountains Trail: Beechworth to Everton (Vic)
09/04/01

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...

New President for US Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
09/04/01

According to the February Trails & Greenways Update, the e-newsletter of the California Office of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, “The RTC has ...

Tasmanian Railtrail Update
09/04/01

Montezuma Falls Railtrail The North East Dundas Tramway once provided access to the mining town of Williamsford, passing on a high trestle bridge past...

New edition of Railtrails of Victoria
13/03/01

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...

US Railtrail Reports
14/02/01

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...

Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail (Vic)
14/02/01

Beechworth to Everton A new section of the railtrail from Beechworth to Everton is now effectively complete. Featuring a bituminous surface the trail ...

Great Southern Rail Trail (Vic)
14/02/01

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, ...

Gippsland Trail News (Vic)
14/02/01

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 ...

Scout Badges feature Railtrails
14/02/01

Victorian scouts have introduced a series of badges which scouts can achieve, related to ‘doing’ trails including railtrails. Most scouts ...