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The Committee of Management of the Great Southern Rail Trail in Gippsland, Victoria (see description) is seeking contributions from individuals to hel...

A community Opening Day event to launch the East Gippsland Rail Trail extension from Nowa Nowa to Orbost will be held on Saturday January 28th 2006 at...

The 34km Coast to Vines rail trail as its name suggests runs from the sea at Hallet Cove and Marino through vineyards to Willunga, south of Adelaide. ...

The Victorian Government’s Department of Innomvation, Industry and Regional Development has released a new funding program for regional Victoria...

As part Catchment Week celebrations the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority is hosting a Bike & Walk Family Day on Sunday, November 13th...

NOTICE OF MEETING and call for NOMINATIONS The Annual General Meeting of Railtrails Australia will be held on November 16th 2005 at the ROYAL HOTEL co...

Members of the Railtrails Australia Committee, Vince Aitkin and Frank Kinnersley, were assisted by NSW member and Sydney resident Jim Hope in running ...

Railtrails Australia has changed its postal address to PO Box 1198, Box Hill Vic 3128, Australia. For the next few months, mail sent to our old post o...

The Collie to Darkan Rail Trail, 200km SE of Perth, will be officially opened on Sunday 16th October 2005 Click here for more details of the rail trai...

The Old Beechy Rail Trail, 130km SE of Melbourne, will be officially opened on Saturday 22nd October 2005. Click here for more details of the rail tra...

On Thursday 22 September 2005 we snail mailed the Spring edition of our Newsletter. This edition includes notice and the location of our Annual Genera...

Below is the contents of a flyer from the committee. Congratulations on all their hard work. Click here for more details of the rail trail Get into th...

If your rail trail committee is a registered charity and you would like a free weatherboard house to put on the rail trail for an office etc then cont...

Expressions of Interest. Suitably qualified consultancy firms or individuals are invited to submit Expressions of Interest in the conduct of a Feasibi...

We have been asked by the Warnambool – Port Fairy group if any rail trail committees have ‘tax deductible status’ for donations? We ...

Rushworth’s public toilets in the main street, that are on the end of the Rushworth Old Lead Railway Reserve, are a little unique and keeping in...

Victorian Nature Based Tourism Strategy 2006-2010 The Victorian Government is currently (sorry about late notice) holding stakeholder workshops throug...

The Victorian Premier Steve Bracks opened the Colac to Gellibrand stage of the Old Beechy Rail Trail on Tuesday 16th July 2005. Railtrails Australia c...

We don’t normally promote commercial websites but Google Earth is fairly significant as it provides easy acess to three dimensional mapping of t...

Descriptions for eight proposed rail trails in the Newcastle and Country areas of NSW, along with two in northern Victoria, have been added to the Rai...

Lake Macquarie City Council recently completed stage 2 of the Fernleigh Track. The official opening was held (in rain) on Saturday 7 May 2005. The con...

The proposed Mitchell-Murrundindi-Mansfield Rail Trail is in North East Victoria. Details of the rail trail are here Following is a notice from Urban ...

The following press release was rceived from Interpretation Australia, who have done work on the Old Beechy Rail Trail, Nature Culture: Interpreting t...

The Busselton – Flinders Bay Rail Trail is in south west Western Australia. Details of the rail trail are here (including map) The newly constru...

The Tallangatta section of the High Country Rail Trail will be officially opened on Sunday 23 May 2004. The opening will take place at Tallangatta Rai...

Railtrails Australia is holding a planning/social weekend at Seymour on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th June 2005 and members are welcome to attend, tho...

Bicycle users are a significant proportion of rail trail users and we believe rail trails could be an important part of the national bicycle strategy....

Draft Marketing, Signage and Facilities Plaos for the Trail have been developed by the City of Onkaparinga in partnership with the Office for Recreati...

Media Release April 22 2005 The East Gippsland Rail Trail Committee of Management is preparing to invite tenders for construction works after receivin...

Tim Fischer, Patron of the High Country Rail Trail & Chairperson of Tourism Australia together with the High Country Rail Trail Steering Group and...

If you are interested in this work please refer to the correspondence below. Details of the High Country rail trail are here (including map and photo ...

We have heard that a group of bike riders are gathering on Sunday 17th April 2005 a bit after 10am at Oakleigh railway station to ride this heritage t...

The annual AGM of this organisation was held in Ballarat on 2 April 2005 and Railtrails Australia was invited to speak to the assembled about rail tra...

The East Gippsland Rail Trail is situated in eastern Victoria and presently runs from Bairnsdale to Nowa Nowa. It will eventually run to Orbost. This ...

The Minister for Victorian Communities John Thwaites MP has approved a small grant to Railtrails Australia. It will be used to assist us with the revi...

Between 1 and 3 April Oxfam will conduct a team event called the “Oxfam Trailwalker”. It is primarily for walkers and joggers and will cover 100 k...

Moreland Energy Foundation are proudly conducting a festival at “CERES”, 8 Lee Street Brunswick in Victoria on Sunday 13th March. Times are 1.30 t...

The trail descriptions section of the website has been revised and expanded. It now includes: New trail descriptions for New South Wales, Queensland, ...

Updates to the book are now available in the Guide Updates section. The book refers to a “website links” page where you can find further i...

The Moyne Shire Council commissioned a feasiblity study into constructing a rail trail from Port Fairy to Dennington, near Warrnambool, in South west ...