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Gympie Regional Council has been formally recognised for its contribution to outdoor spaces with the Mary Valley Rail Trail winning the Queensland O...

Just in time for the Christmas and New Year break, the Yarra Valley Trail in Victoria from Lilydale to Yering (stage 1A) is now open! Stage 1A of the...

The Queensland Government and Ipswich City Council have jointly invested in the construction of the Brassall Bikeway Stage 7. This forms part of the ...

Legislation to consider the official managers of the hotly debated North-East rail corridor in Tasmania has just passed parliament without any opposit...

The draft Feasibility Study for the proposed 214km Monaro Rail Trail in the south-west NSW has been complete and is on exhibition for the next 8 wee...

The Brisbane Valley Rail Trail (BVRT) has been named Public Works Project of the Year at the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA...

An official Media Release from Mitchell Shire Council notes there is $50K included for a feasibility study towards linking Seymour with the Great ...

An opening ceremony will be held on Tuesday 19 November 2019 to mark the completion of the Riesling Trail extension to Auburn which links it up with...

Although progress seems slow on the proposed Northern Rivers Rail Trail (NRRT) in Northern NSW, there is a lot going on behind the scenes. This inclu...

Victoria’s High Country has experienced a 40 per cent rise in cyclists touring the region in just 12 months, cementing the North East as one of the ...

At last week’s Council meeting, Councillors heard a six-week trial of free bicycle hire had been run from mid-May to the end of June this year, usin...

Rail Trails Australia is pleased to have Anthea Packer from the High Country Rail Trail in north east Victoria speaking at our Annual General Meeting...

Over 100 riders celebrated the completion of the Dry Forest Creek Bridge and its official opening by participating in this year’s Tall Trestle T...

Improvements to the Rail Reserve leading down the hill to Coleraine will be celebrated via a walk or cycle on Sunday 27 October 2019. Please see the ...

Gympie Council are going to spend $230K to fix the rough surface of their section of the Kilkivan to Kingaroy rail trail. This is a “good news&...

Our Great Victorian Rail Trail (GVRT) has been listed by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a nonproft organisation based in Washington DC, along with six o...

Following on from the success of the Murgon to Kingaroy Rail Trail, South Burnett Regional Council is now looking into a 43km rail trail from Murgon t...

You are invited to the official opening of the Dry Forest Creek bridge at Tallangatta in Victoria, on Sunday 13th October. This brings the trail anot...

Somerset Regional Council is conducting a survey into the future of the section Ipswich to Fernvale section of the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Your fee...

The LINK CYCLE PATH connects the South Burnett/Killkivan to Kingaroy Rail Trail to the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail.   If you would like transport ...

Get your bikes or walking shoes out and try the newest 2km section of the Wadandi Track in Western Australia. Park your car at the Vasse Trail Head ...

The Rail Trail sites have been cited as a really good example of events (such as the National Tree Planing Day) being a community effort. According to...

The New England Rail Trail Committee is ramping up it’s efforts to get a rail trail established, but needs some funding to prepare a detailed b...

The Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail (FBKRT) group have informed us of new signs along O’Keefe Rail Trail in Victoria that tell the his...

The Yarra Valley Trail project in Victoria is rolling ahead! According to the Yarra Ranges Council, works are continuing on stage 1A of the Yarra Vall...

The much-anticipated Mary Valley Rail Trail opens Sunday 28 July 2019 with a fun-filled community open day. Come along and be one of the first to enjo...

The Murgon Rail Trail Festival is on again in 2019 bigger and better than  than last year. Come and enjoy the South Burnett Rail Trail on Sunday 21 J...

The Northern Rivers Rail Trail, from Casino to Murwillumbah in NSW, is moving steadily along across several fronts. In it’s July 2019 newslette...

The Indigo Shire Council reported in their “Indigo Weekly Update” (28 June 2019) that the Beechworth to Yackandandah Rail Trail Community ...

Wagga Wagga City Council has presented to the community, final route plans for the shared cycle path to Forest Hill, to be built by mid 2020 as part o...

The 17th annual Somerset Rail Trail Fun Run or Ride will be held on Sunday 14 July on the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail, Australia’s longest at 161km. ...

The Bellarine Rail Trail is now fully sealed between South Geelong and Drysdale following the completion resurfacing works between Moolap and Leopold....

Rail Trails Australia is run by passionate volunteers who use their skills to make rail trails more accessible and available to all. If you are thinki...

Brisbane Valley Rail Trail users should check out the heritage-listed Lockyer Creek Railway Bridge between Lowood and Coominya. Craig England, Queens...

Construction activities have commenced for the Mary Valley Rail Trail from Imbil to Brooloo near Gympie in Queensland. The works for the Mary Valley R...

The Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail would provide a link between Taragoola, near Gladstone, south through to Gayndah in the heart of Queensland’s ci...

The first stage of the 10.5km Caboolture to Wamuran Rail Trail, north of Brisbane has been opened. Click Here for more details of the Rail Trail. Stag...

The Dorset Council and North East Recreation Trails Inc secured $1.5m federal government funding several years ago to extend the North East Tasmania R...

After more than 15 years of effort from rail trail supporters, construction has finally started on the first rail trail in NSW on the formation of a f...

After more than a decade of working with Yarra Ranges Council and other supporters, RTA is very pleased to announce that construction of the rail trai...

The Friends of the Bendigo Kilmore Rail Trail, with funding provided by Strathfieldsaye and Districts Community Enterprise, have installed two bike re...

The 2019 Bicycling Summit will be held on the 14th and 15th of May in Melbourne and includes a workshop on developing advocates. If you’re passi...

People who would like to cycle the South Burnett Rail Trail but don’t own a bicycle will soon be able to hire one from the Kingaroy or Wondai Visito...

Tablelands Outdoor Recreation Association Inc. are pleased to advise that the official opening of the shared trail between Platypus Park and Hastie Ro...

Just in case any rail trail proponents in Queensland weren’t aware, the Queensland Government is investing up to $14 million over 4 years betwee...

Livingstone Shire Council based in Yeppoon, central Queensland, is seeking feedback for Stages 2,3 and 4 of the Capricorn Coast Pineapple Rail Trail. ...

Come along and chat about what we, as an association can do to “value add” to our wonderful South Burnett Rail Trail. When: 18th February 2019 at ...

Fraser Coast Regional Council are holding two Community Consulation Drop In Sessions about the planned extention of the Rail Trail from Marybourgh to ...