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Next year’s Rail Trail Symposium will be held as part of the 5th Australian Cycle Tourism Conference on 2-3 Feb 2012 at the Ann Harding Conferen...
With less than a week to go pre-registration is now closed. The Run Walk Ride Day will begin at 9:30 AM at Lilydale Station where you can still regist...
The Opening It’s official! The Dookie Rail Trail’s Official Launch will be held on Friday, 4th November, 2011 at 6pm and will tie in with the Grea...
During the planning and design stages of the Sandy Creek Bridge on the High Country Rail Trail, the arm of Lake Hume over which the old railway bridge...
The Seaford Rail Extension project works at Seaford requires the Coast to Vines Rail Trail to be temporarily diverted until May 2012. The rail line wh...
The only developed section of the Southern Flinders Rail Trail was from Gladstone to the southern end of Laura, following the alignment of the origina...
You are invited to the official opening of the Yarraman to Harland Park section of the BVRT on Saturday 8 October 2011. The day is also designed to te...
Family Cycle and Walk Day Come and celebrate the opening of the new $2 million Palmerston to Howard Springs Rail Trail with a free Family Cycle-Walk f...
The Shire of West Arthur in conjunction with The Friends of the Collie-Darkan Rail Trail invite you to join them on a WALK, CYCLE OR RIDE From Bowelli...
The Goulburn River High Country Rail Trail in North East Victoria is currently under rapid construction. Meetings for public comment and feedback on t...
Esk – Toogoolawah section was re-opened on Saturday 30 th July! 100km of the BVRT was closed after the devastating floods in January. After much...
You and your friends are invited to Blackbutt and the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail during the Bloomin’ Beautiful Blackbutt Festival. This year the Fes...
“Run Walk Ride” Celebrating the Rail Trail DRAFT ONLY! Date of Event: Saturday 22nd October 2011 Duration: All day event starting 10am Location: L...
Media Release from the Minister of Public Transport: A $3.5 million project to construct a shared pedestrian and cyclist bridge over Maroondah Highway...
Good news for the Munda Biddi Trail! Two new sections of the Trail will be opened next week by Minister Terry Redman at official events hosted by the ...
Following the devastating bushfires of February 2009 which destroyed a number of bridges in the Strzelecki Ranges, two local construction companies ar...
In May, State Member for Morwell, Russell Northe, announced an $800,000 State Government grant to help complete the Gippsland Plains Rail Trail. Commu...
Paul Hoolihan MP, Member for Keppel announced that this year’s State Budget will provide $1.1 million for the first stage of a rail trail between Ye...
The Winter 2011 edition of the Rail Trail Connections Magazine is currently being distributed. Take a look at the content this season: Article Summary...
Correction: The original posting of this news article implied the entire length of the trail from Birregurra to Forrest is open. This in fact is not t...
In Canberra on Wednesday June 1, The Cycling Promotion Fund announced the winners of the Bicycling Achievement of the Year Award for 2010 and we are p...
After much planning and design our new website is taking shape. There is still a bit of work to be done but it’s getting closer. We thought it w...
The Baillieu/Ryan Coalition Government’s inaugural budget has delivered on its election commitments to Victorian families and communities. Natio...
The Traralgon company, Hourigan and Walsh, will replace and upgrade two bridges for the rail trail from Mirboo North to Boolarra. The area was severel...
When adding a new menu item for the news archive, it was found that after selecting that menu item the menu iteself did not appear on that page. Neith...
New news Article in Archive 2010. Shouldn’t be able to create this… but could!...
New article created by a Trail manager in Archive 2011....
Access Rights The “Trail Manager” group in Rail Trail Australia’s Joomla website editor will contain the general committee as member...
To celebrate the completion of the 16km Fernleigh Track from Adamstown to Belmont, near Newcastle, the City of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie City Counc...
There are 2 ways to create e new news item. From the main screen Click the New Article button. It is the first one on the top left. Click Articles to ...
Dear friends and supporters, Over the past 3 years, moves to establish the rail trail have drawn strong community support from cycling, walking and ho...
The Minister for Regional Australia, Simon Crean, has announced details of a $1.4 billion Regional Development Australia Fund. Mr Crean released the a...
This year’s Autumn edition of our quarterly member’s magazine, Rail Trail Connections, will be distributed this week. Here’s a quick...
Toowoomba Regional Council will be providing support for the volunteer efforts on the day with Muster at 9 AM at the Yarraman trail head. The working ...
Media release from Wayne Wendt MP, State Member for Ipswich West: Moore to Blackbutt section of Brisbane Valley Rail Trail re-opened State Member for ...
Come and celebrate the opening the Maindample to Bonnie Doon section of the Goulburn River High Country Rail Trail with a sausage sizzle and light ref...
Sections of the Trail between Hospital Creek and Partellis Crossing which have been temporarily closed after the recent bush fire are due to be open a...
Community partnerships program – Does your organisation need more information or advice on your project? 4th round of funding for projects to assist...
An invitation from the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail committee: On Friday 18 February 2011 You are invited to join us for the first working bee on the BV...
Tuesday’s (Feb 1-2) fires east of Nowa Nowa has closed the rail trail from Jonson Road to past Partellis Crossing. The most serious and long las...
Lots of people may not realise this but Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA) have helped with many rail trails projects in the past, providing many...
If you’ve recently used the Old Beechy Rail Trail here is your opportunity to tell the Colac Otway Shire and the Old Beechy Rail Trail Committee...
After a rain delay cancelled the installation on Saturday night of the central span, it was early Monday morning when the six hours of preparation cam...
From 9 PM Saturday January 15 to 5 AM Sunday 16 January Maroondah highway will be closed between Anderson Street and Nelson road to allow installation...
Murray Goulburn – Moyneyana Family Bike Ride. Saturday 15th January 2011. Port Fairy to Koroit (17 km one way). Feel free to ride either way OR ...
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