Our challenge for 2015 was to cycle all of Victoria’s rail trails that are over 20km long (14 trails in total). Big thanks go to railtrails.org.au for keeping such a good list and comprehensive information for all the rail trails around Australia!
Written by Emi One very fine Saturday morning, at a half past 6, I awoke to the sound of a rather insistent alarm and the beginnings of an excellent hangover. The hangover, lack of sleep and judgement was soon forgotten, … Continued
Written by Freya Lucky to join the Adventure Gang on their second last Rail Trail Challenge. Never having blogged, I’m wondering what you readers want to know – if it’s: Should I do this rail trail? Or is this gang … Continued
Written by Caroline, 30 April 2018. This trip on the Camperdown to Timboon Rail Trail was completed 17-18 October, 2015. So, apologies that my memories aren’t very clear. But here are some lovely photos and a brief overview of this … Continued
Written by Caroline Cycle from 26-27 September 2015 We started this adventure in Leongatha, and this trip required some car shuffling so that we would have a car at the end of the trail, at Port Welshpool. My main memory … Continued
Bendigo to Heathcote (with extension to Seymour) Written by Caroline Leading up to a beautiful spring September weekend the weather was looking fabulous so we scrounged together a few people to rope in for another rail trail – this time … Continued
Written by Caroline. I can’t remember too much about this rail trail since it was so long ago, so I’ll just give a brief rundown (completed 23 August, 2015). What I can remember is that I had been quite sick … Continued
Written by Lucie For the first of Mark and Lucie’s rail trail adventures we woke up early and cycled to Southern Cross to catch the train to Colac. The day’s agenda was to cycle from Colac to Ferguson on the … Continued
Written by Vanessa Day 1: Bairnsdale to Orbost (rail trail Victoria) Rick and I had the school holidays off, so we decided to give this trail a go. We planned to do this in just two days, which looking back … Continued
Written by Emi One fine winters day, intrepid and dedicated members of the adventure gang (Simon, Caroline, Mark, Lucie and Emi) met at the train station of the sleepy country locale of Stratford. … Continued
Written by Laura, our guest from Canada! There were spider webs falling from the sky, an abattoir, roughly 40 kms of beautiful Victorian scenery, stunning beaches at the west end of the Great Ocean Road, and a posse of Aussies, … Continued