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- Hopetoun - Ravensthorpe Railway Heritage Walk
Hopetoun - Ravensthorpe Railway Heritage Walk - Trail Description
Trail
Hopetoun - Ravensthorpe Railway Heritage Walk
| Type: | Rail trail |
| Location: | 588km south east from Perth |
| Start/end: | Hopetoun to Ravensthorpe |
| Status: | Open |
| Length open: | 39km |
| Surface: | Compacted earth |
| Terrain: | Flat and undulating |
| Public transport: | Coach |
| Contact Region: | Western Australia |
Walkers on the trail in 2002 Ann Williams
Details
Features
Follows a former isolated railway through natural bush
Description
The trail is open in four sections:
- Ravensthorpe - Desmond (16 km) Some of this section of the former line has been sold off so there is a deviation of a few kilometres along the Ravensthorpe Range foothills.
- Desmond - Kundip (9 km)
- Kundip - Lee Creek (13 km)
- Hopetoun Trailhead loop (14 km) of which about 5 km is on the former railway.
- At Hopetoun remains of the jetty can be seen.
- Ravensthorpe Hopetoun Area Promotions who with the Tourist Bureau have produced separate brochures for each of the sections above.
- The trail committee has made a special effort to preserve the depression made by sleepers and there are artefacts along the way.
Background Information
The railway was built to connect mines in the Ravensthorpe area to the Hopetoun port and operated from 1909 – 1935
Links
This trail is managed by the Ravensthorpe Hopetoun Area Promotions Contact them at PO Box 222 Ravensthorpe WA 6346. Phone/fax 08 9838 1277
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Contact Us About This Trail
Email or click here: wa@railtrails.org.au.
Photos
Hopetoun - Ravensthorpe Railway Heritage Walk - Photos
Walkers on the trail in 2002 Ann Wi
Information sign at the Hopetoun Ra
The Hopetoun Rail Yard
On the trail near Kundip
Sleepers are still in place at some ...