Rail Trails News and Features

Tablelands Regional Council invites community members to attend meetings on rail trails. More...

The Amy Gillett Rail Trail (Stage 1) Official Opening will be held on Saturday 23 Jan. More...

The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival make use of the Noojee Trestle Bridge for one of their World's Longest Lunches. More...

The Ballarat to Skipton Shuttle bus will run once a month, Jan to April. More...

The Toogoolawah section of the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail will be officially opened on November 28. More...

Contract for construction of the bridge has been signed. More...

Celebrate the opening of the Wahgunyah to Rutherglen Murray to Mountains Rail Trail at a community event on Sunday 29 November More...

The Railtrails Australia 2010 calendar is now available, filled with exceptional photographs of rail trails from around Australia. More...

The new 9 Km section from Clare to Barinia has opened this Spring. More...

A number of government bodies have joined forces to find out how people do and how they would like to make use of iconic trails. There will also be a number of workshops being held around the region . More...

A report on a ride on the High Country rail trail on a tandem recumbent, December 2005. More...

Andrew Hooker describes a ride along the East Gippsland Rail Trail. More...

The Magnet Tramway Rail Trail passes runs through the spectacular bush of Tasmania's West Coast. Unfortunately it starts at the local tip... More...

Trish and John Greenwood-Smith report on a ride on the Riesling Trail in South Australia's Clare Valley. More...

With the water levels in Lake Eildon so low and the Brankeet Arm of the lake empty, a rather unusual "railtrail" has emerged from the water. More...

Timber tramways were lightly constructed railways used for logging. Much narrower than a regular railtrail, trails along former tramways are ideal for bushwalking. Two such tramway trails in the Mansfield area are Mt Samaria and the Plain Creek Track. More...