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Melba Flats to Zeehan Rail Trail - Trail Description
Trail
Melba Flats to Zeehan Rail Trail
| Type: | Tramway trail |
| Location: | Zeehan Area, 296km from Hobart |
| Start/end: | Melba Flats to Zeehan |
| Status: | Open |
| Length open: | 9km |
| Surface: | Compacted earth |
| Terrain: | Hilly |
| Best seasons: | Dry |
| Contact Region: | Western Tasmania |
Details
Features
NOTE: This trail is closed due to the major degradation to this track. The good news is that Parks & Wildlife have received funding to restore this trail and I am in the early stages of the project preparation at late 2017
Description
Two different railways ran parallel between Zeehan and Melba Flats. One was the 2 foot gauge government-owned North East Dundas Tramway which continued to Williamsford (see page 16); the other was the 3ft 6in gauge railway to Burnie on the north coast, operated by the Emu Bay Railway Company. Today, the easements of these lines form an excellent walking and mountain bike trail which passes through open grasslands. Wildflowers are abundant in summer.
Description and map were as inspected in 2003 - Present condition unknown but undertand in 2010 parts were overgrown and impassible.
For more information on this trail see the book Rail Trails of Tasmania.
Links
West Coast Pioneers' Memorial Museum
May 2011
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Contact Us About This Trail
Email or click here: tas@railtrails.org.au.