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Come and celebrate the$3 million renewal of Currumbin’s 113-year-old ex-railway bridge.this Sunday, Novemeber 27 2016 The celebration will be held o...

The Queensland Government has opened the section from Brassal to Wanora in November 2016, making the total length of the Lower and Upper section of th...

Rail Trails Australia members and supporters are welcome to attend the Annual General Meeting of Rail Trails Australia. It will be held on Friday, 11t...

Celebrate the re-launch of the Great Southern Rail Trail, cycle, walk or horse ride from Leongatha to Port Welshpool, or from Port Welshpool to Leonga...

Come and join us for a celebration of cycling! and enjoy riding the Rail Trail during the 2016 Bike Fest Saturday 21 – 23 October 2016. Join the...

Another 9 Km of the rail trail has been sealed, before rain once again has stopped progress to this project. Aroung 20% of the 44km sealed section of ...

Legislation to enable further development of rail trails in Tasmania has passed the lower house but is facing opposition in the Upper House. When the ...

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Come and Support the the Gayndah Heritage Railway and Rail Trail fundraising event this Saturday at the Gayndah Railway ...

Saturday Sept 10th Come and enjoy a guided ride from Esk to Toogoolawah (and return) on Saturday Sept 10 2016 to visit the Toogoolawah Museum for the ...

The next stage of the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail opened on August 20 2016 in Ipswich This section of the BVRT now starts at the QLD RAIL station of Wu...

The 10th annual Tall Trestle Treadle will be held in the mountains of NE Victoria on Sunday 16th October. This is an organised ride with bike transpor...

Join Ipswich City Council on Saturday August 20th for the Official opening of stage 4 of the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail The opening will be held at 8a...

There is a small detour and closure along the Old Beechy Rail Trail between the 42km & 43km markers effective from Thursday 21 July 2016 until Fri...

The Livingstone Regional Council has completed the repairs to the Capricorn Coast Pineapple Rail Trail in Yeppoon (central Queensland). The Pineapple ...

Come and enjoy a family fun run along the Brisbane valley Rail Trail Sunday 10 July Run or walk the 8 km from Fernavle to Lowood or the shorter 3km ki...

The Fraser Coast Regional Council has completed an extension of this well used rail trail that brings it much closer to the beach and Pier at Hervey B...

Contruction on the Link from the Brassall Rail Trail to the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail (BVRT) is progressing well. Stage four will link the Brassall R...

Following a very positive Feasibility Study (Summary here) into the proposed Yarra Valley Trail, the Shire of Yarra Ranges in May officially agreed to...

The Mount Alexander Shire has announced that a tender for the construction of the 18km Castlemaine to Maldon Rail Side Trail has been awarded for $802...

The Pineapple Rail Trail ( Yeppoon) will be partially closed  for repairs. The Livenstone Regional Council are currently repairing the rail trail. Du...

The hard working volunteers from the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail report on their latest achivement. The Friends group has been adding a ...

Bicycle Queensland, supported by Somerset Regional Council and the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Users Association are holding a 64 km ride on Sunday 22 ...

The R&R Rail Trail Duathlon & Fun Run Come and enjoy the  Annnual The R&R Rail Trail Duathlon & Fun Run on the Sunday 1st May 2016. ...

The much-vaunted $14 million Richmond Vale Rail Trail is a step closer to reality, with Newcastle City Council agreeing on Tuesday night to complete a...

The Wallan to Heathcote Rail Trail feasibility study formally began on 22 February 2016, with the selected principle consultants RMCG meeting with the...

(This survey has closed) Tasmania has a very limited number of high standard rail trails.  The proposed Derwent Valley Rail Trail near Hobart could b...

There is another option for your Victorian Labour Day or Easter holiday planning! A big crowd was on hand on Friday to be part of the official opening...

We all know that our beautiful Rail Trail needs to go a bit further than 4klms to be an exciting adventure for us all and a wonderful tourist attracti...

Victorian Minister for Regional Development Jaala Pulford has announced funding of $205,000 to support projects to enhance and extend existing trails ...

Rail Trails for NSW hosted the official launch of the proposed Tumut to Batlow on Sat 20th February 2016. RTforNSW Chairman, John Moore, opened the la...

Update from V/Line (VIC) about the ongoing issues with coaches replacing some rail services. The upshot is: these services are free, and they will acc...

Construction has commenced on the rail trail with eight  rail bridges to be re-installed  for Rail Trail users. These bridges will be built to refle...

A little bit late in notice but SBS ran a BBC series on walking rail trails in Britain over the summer holidays. The shows feature the history of the ...

The Honourable Jackie Trad MP, Deputy Premier has advised that funding has been granted for the Toogoolawah to Moore Section of the Brisbane Valley Ra...

A local committee has been working on the proposed Richmond Vale Rail Trail (RVRT) between Hexham and Kurri Kurri in NSW, near Newcastle for several y...

The High Country Rail Trail in north east Victoria got an early Christmas present towards the end of last year.  The City of Wodonga upgraded the tra...

At the end of November 2015 the Scottsdale to Tonganah section of the North East Tasmania Rail Trail was officially opened  As part of this work the ...

Following the unofficial opening of the 21km section of the O’Keefe Rail Trail from Axedale to Heathcote in August 2015, it was given the recogn...