Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail Feasibility Study
Mike Maher of Transplan Pty Ltd will again team up with Mike Halliburton (Mike Halliburton Associates of Brisbane, Queensland) to prepare a feasibility study for the proposed Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail in Queensland. The study will examine the feasibility and practicality of establishing a rail trail, or a set of discrete rails trails, along […]
Narrogin Walk Trails Master Plan
The Shire of Narrogin has recently appointed Transplan Pty Ltd to prepare its Walk Trails Master Plan. There are already several trails within the townsite area: at Foxes Lair, at Railway Dam, and the old (1988) in-town Heritage Trail. The Walk Trails Master Plan report will include the following elements: Context and setting (including geographical […]
Morawa Trails
In 2010 Jesse Brampton (Kulbardi Hill Consulting) and Mike Maher (Transplan Pty Ltd) prepared a Trails Master Plan for the WA Wheatbelt local governments of Morawa and Perenjori. The TMP recommended several trail projects, two of which have recently been implemented. The Shire of Morawa has now constructed the Town Heritage Trail and the Bushland […]
Gympie Canoe Facilities – Mary River and tributaries
In 2015 Mike Halliburton Associates and Transplan Pty Ltd prepared what is thought to be the first council-wide Canoe and Kayak Strategy in Australia (for the Gympie Regional Council). Subsequently, MHA and Transplan were commissioned to prepare a series of detailed trail development plans for several of the highest priority trail projects highlighted in the […]
New England Rail Trail
The Armidale Regional Council in NSW has appointed Mike Halliburton Associates to prepare a rail trail plan for a section of the now disused Main North Line. Transplan Pty Ltd will be part of the team. The aims of the project are twofold: 1. To prepare a master plan evaluating the potential for a rail […]
Concrete floodways – use on rail trails
It is often the case that old timber railway bridges have been stolen, removed by the railway manager, damaged by flood or are simply too decrepit for use as a rail trail bridge (even with repairs). One option for reinstating the waterway crossing is to use a concrete floodway (as commonly used at a floodway […]
Bicycle friendly cattle grid – Brisbane Valley Rail Trail
Mike Maher of Transplan Pty Ltd designed a bicycle-friendly cattle grid for use at ‘stock crossing’ points on the Busselton to Flinders Bay Rail Trail (in the south west of Western Australia). The idea is to enable cyclists to pass straight through a ‘stock crossing’ point on a rail trail without having to stop to […]
Fanciest rail trail bridge ever?
The rail trail bridge on the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail at Toogoolawah has to be in contention for the fanciest bridge on a rail trail anywhere in Australia. Must have cost a fortune!
Kingaroy Kilkivan Rail Trail – timber bridge at Tingoora
The Tingoora bridge on the Kingaroy Kilkivan Rail Trail is an excellent example of how an old timber railway bridge can be re-purposed for use as a cyclist/pedestrian bridge on a rail trail – providing the political will (and sufficient funding) is there. Reminders of the old railway (such as bridges, tunnels, embankments, cuttings, railway […]
Kingaroy Kilkivan Rail Trail – emergency markers
The trail development plan for the Kingaroy Kilkivan Rail Trail (in Queensland) – prepared by Transplan Pty Ltd and Mike Halliburton Associates – included the recommendation for the installation of emergency markers at regular intervals along the trail. Emergency markers provide accurate locational information for emergency services should there be an incident on the trail. […]