Busselton Flinders Bay Rail Trail (aka Wardandi Track)
Slow but steady progress is being made on the Busselton to Flinders Bay Tail Trail (aka the Wardandi Track) within the Busselton City Council area. The series of photos below show the recently constructed section along Vasse Yallingup Siding Road. It is a very picturesque section of the trail but at present stops suddenly in […]
Monaro Rail Trail Feasibility Study – Draft Report Submitted
Transplan Pty Ltd has recently submitted the draft of the Monaro Rail Trail Feasibility Study to the Snowy Monaro Regional Council. Staff will now prepare a report for consideration by the Council and it is expected that the Report will be made available for community review in due course. Until then Transplan Pty Ltd is […]
Monaro Rail Trail Feasibility Study – On-Line Survey
This Feasibility Study included an extensive community consultation programme, including on an on-line survey administered by Council. The results of that consultation are presented in the Feasibility Study report. Of the 507 responses received by Council through the on-line survey, 95.9% supported the proposed rail trail (while 3% were opposed). If that isn’t “overwhelming community […]
Murgon Proston Rail Trail Feasibility Study
Once again Transplan Pty Ltd has teamed up with Mike Halliburton Associates of Brisbane to prepare a feasibility study for the proposed Murgon to Proston Rail Trail in SE Queensland. The trail, if proved feasible and if constructed, would be a spur trail off the highly successful Kingaroy Kilkivan Rail Trail. The disused railway corridor […]
Monaro Rail Trail – Feasibility Study
Transplan Pty Ltd, in conjunction with Mike Halliburton Associates, has been appointed by the Snowy Monaro Regional Council to prepare the feasibility study for the proposed Monaro Rail Trail. The study area is the disused railway corridor between Queanbeyan and Bombala in southern NSW. The corridor passes through a number of smaller villages including Michelago, […]
Lower Logan River Paddle Trail Scoping Study
Mike Maher (Transplan Pty Ltd) has again teamed up with Mike Halliburton Associates of Brisbane, Queensland, to assess the lower reaches of the Logan River (in Brisbane) for its suitability for a series of ‘paddle’ trails. The intent is to develop a series of discrete water based trails (for canoeists, kayakers and stand up paddle […]
Mary to Bay Rail Trail Feasibility Study
Mike Maher of Transplan Pty Ltd has teamed up with Mike Halliburton (Mike Halliburton Associates of Brisbane, Queensland) to prepare a feasibility study for the proposed extension to the existing Mary to Bay Rail Trail in Queensland (Maryborough to Hervey Bay). The study will examine the feasibility and practicality of extending the existing rail trail […]
Bundaberg Gin Gin Rail Trail Feasibility Study
Mike Maher of Transplan Pty Ltd has teamed up with Mike Halliburton (Mike Halliburton Associates of Brisbane, Queensland) to prepare a feasibility study for the proposed Bundaberg to Gin Gin Rail Trail in Queensland. The study will examine the feasibility and practicality of establishing a rail trail on the long disused railway corridor. The corridor […]
Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail – draft report submitted
Work has been completed on the draft of the Feasibility Study for the proposed Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail. The study focussed on whether a rail trail along the entire 273km disused railway (between Calliope and Gayndah – in Queensland) was a viable and worthwhile idea, or whether the Council’s involved should instead concentrate on […]
Narrogin Trails Master Plan – draft report submitted
The final draft of the Shire of Narrogin Walk Trails Master Plan has been submitted to the Council. The report makes a number of recommendations including: a heritage trail route through the CBD of Narrogin, with sites for interpretive panels and trail directional markers pinpointed – to enable follow-up work to commence a set of […]