[What We Do]

The downloadable Company Profile brochure summarises the range of trail planning tasks and jobs that Transplan has been involved in over the last two decades.

Since its formation in 1995, Transplan Pty Ltd has been involved in the following projects:

Strategic Trail Plans:

  • WA State Trails Master Plan (Client: Trailswest and Ministry for Planning)
  • Trailswest Strategic Plan (Client: Trailswest)
  • Peel Region Trails Master Plan (Client: Peel Trails Group)
  • ACT Trails Master Plan (Client: ACT Government) Download Project Data Sheet (495kb)
  • Cradle Coast Tracks Strategic Plan (Tasmania) (Client: Cradle Coast Authority) Download Project Data Sheet (490kb)

Trails Master Plans:

State Forests of the Crows Nest Shire provide ample opportunities for mountain biking.

  • Gingin Trails Master Plan (Client: Shire of Gingin)
  • White Rock Spring Mountain Conservation Area Trail Plan (Client: Ipswich City Council)
  • Crows Nest Shire Trails Master Plan (Queensland) (Client: Crows Nest Shire) Download Project Data Sheet (110kb)
  • Shire of Roebourne Trails Master Plan (Client: Shire of Roebourne and National Trust of Australia (WA))
  • Shire of Beverley Trails Master Plan (WA) (Client: Shire of Beverley)
  • Wongan-Ballidu Trails Master Plan (Client: Shire of Wongan-Ballidu)
  • Shire of Boddington Trails Master Plan (Client: Peel Trails Group)
  • Shire of Murray Trails Master Plan (Client: Peel Trails Group)
  • Shire of Waroona Trails Master Plan (Client: Peel Trails Group)
  • City of Mandurah Trails Master Plan (Client: Peel Trails Group)
  • Serpentine-Jarrahdale Trails Master Plan (Client: Peel Trails Group)
  • Town / Shire of Northam Trails Master Plan (Client: Town & Shire of Northam)
  • Shire of Denmark Trails Master Plan (Client: Shire of Denmark)
  • City of Cockburn Trails Master Plan (Client: City of Cockburn) Download Project Data Sheet (107kb)
  • City of Albany Trails Master Plan (Client: City of Albany)
  • Shire of Esperance Trails Master Plan (Client: Shire of Esperance)
  • City of Wanneroo Trails Master Plan (Stage 2) (Client: City of Wanneroo)
  • Busselton Wetlands Trails Master Plan (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Shire of Busselton)
  • Caboolture Shire Trails Strategy (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Caboolture Shire (Queensland))
  • Mullewa Trail Master Plan (with Kulbardi Hill Consultants) (Client: Shire of Mullewa)
  • Shire of York Trails Master Plan (Client: Shire of York)
  • Shire of Chittering Trails Master Plan (Client: Shire of Chittering)
  • Rosalie Shire Trails Master Plan (Queensland) (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Rosalie Shire Council)
  • Town of Kwinana Trails Master Plan (Client: Town of Kwinana)
  • Caloundra Trails and Links Master Plan (Queensland) (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Caloundra City Council)
  • Shire of Capel Trails Master Plan (Client: Shire of Capel)
  • Botany Bay Trail Master Plan (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: South Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils)
  • Vlamingh Head and WWII Heritage Trail Interpretation (Client: Shire of Exmouth)
  • Shire of Cocos Keeling Islands Trails Master Plan (Client: Shire of Cocos Keeling Islands)
  • City of Rockingham Trails Master Plan (Client: City of Rockingham)
  • Shire of Donnybrook Balingup Trails Master Plan (Client: Shire of Donnybrook Balingup)
  • Shire of Derby West Kimberley Trails Master Plan (with National Trust of Australia (WA) (Client: Shire of Derby West Kimberley and NTWA)
  • Logan City Recreation Trails Strategy (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Queensland Logan City Council)
  • Maranoa Regional Council Trails Strategy (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Queensland Maranoa Regional Council)
  • Shire of West Arthur Trails Master Plan (Client: Shire of West Arthur)
  • Morawa and Perenjori Trails Master Plans (with Kulbardi Hill Consultants) (Client: Shires of Morawa and Perenjori)
  • City of Cockburn Trails Master Plan Review (Client: City of Cockburn)

Trail Development Plans:

  • Swan Valley Tourism Cycling and Walk Trail Project (Client: City of Swan)
  • Coral Bay Trail (Client: Gascoyne Development Commission)
  • Vlamingh Head and World War II Development and Interpretation Plan (WA) (Client: Shire of Exmouth)
  • Mundaring Weir Walk Trails Development Plan (Client: National Trust of Australia)
  • Carnarvon Heritage Precinct Trail Development Plan (Client: Carnarvon Heritage Group)
  • Collie to Darkan Rail-Trail Development Plan (Client: WA Horse Trekkers Inc.)
  • Long Distance Mountain Bike Trail Planning Study (Client: WA Mountain Bike Club)
  • City to Sea Greenway Study (Client: Town of Cambridge) Download Project Data Sheet (112kb)
  • Lake Needoonga Trail Development Plan (Client: Shire of Chittering)
  • Peel-Harvey Estuary Aboriginal Heritage Trail Development Plan (Client: Peel Trails Group)
  • Aboriginal Heritage Trail (Client: Town of Vincent)
  • Wetlands Interpretive Trail (Client: Town of Vincent)
  • Kambalda – Red Hill Trail Design (Client: Shire of Coolgardie)
  • Quairading Walk Trail Development Plan (Client: Shire of Quairading)
  • Stidwell Bridle Trail Development Plan (Client: City of Albany)
  • Barraghup-Furrnisdale Bride Trail Development Plan (Client: Peel Trails Group)
  • 10th Light Horse Bride Trail Development Plan (Client: Peel Trails Group)
  • Rottnest Island Walk Trail Development and Interpretation Plan (Client: Rottnest Island Authority)
  • Woodlands Walk Trail Norseman (Client: Shire of Dundas)
  • Meeka Rangelands Discovery Trail (Stage 2) – Canyon Trail + Heritage Trail – Development Plan (Client: Shire of Meekatharra)
  • Shire of Plantagenet Trail Development Plans (with Kulbardi Hill Consultants) (Client: Shire of Plantagenet)
  • Sign design and tender preparation for manufacturing of the signs on the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail.

  • Lagoon Creek Trail Development Plan (Mike Halliburton Associates lead consultant) (Client: Moreton Bay Regional Council)
  • Busselton Wetlands Trail Development Plans (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Shire of Busselton)
  • Greater Geraldton Themed Interpreted Walk Trails (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Shire of Greenough and City of Geraldton)
  • Perth’s Eastern Region Swan River Trails Project (with Kulbardi Hill Consultants) (Client: Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council)
  • Ewen Maddock Reserve Trail Development Plan (Queensland) (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Caloundra City Council)
  • Mooloolah River Trail Master Plan (Queensland) (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Caloundra City Council)
  • Dumbleyung Lake Trail Development Plan (Client: Shire of Dumbleyung)
  • Bibbulmun Track (Wilson Inlet) Realignment Study (Client: Department of Environment and Conservation)
  • Mt Walker Trail Development Plan (Client: Shire of Narembeen)
  • Railway Reserves Heritage Trail to Lake Leschenaultia Trail Development Plan (Client: Shire of Mundaring)
  • Swan and Helena Rivers Regional Recreational Path Development Plan (Client: Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council)

Trail Feasibility Studies:

  • Albany Harbours DUP Planning Study (Client: City of Albany)
  • Horseyard Hill Walk Trail Feasibility Report (Client: Walpole Tourist Bureau)
  • Ellis Brook Valley Reserve Walktrails Assessment Report (Client: City of Gosnells)
  • Gosnells Bridle Trail Feasibility Report: Assessment, Design and Costing (Client: City of Gosnells)
  • Meekatharra Creek Walk Trail Feasibility Report (Client: Shire of Meekatharra)
  • Meekatharra Canyon Walk Trail Feasibility Report (Client: Shire of Meekatharra)
  • Blackwood Valley Trails Network (Client: Shire of Nannup)
  • Round the Rocks Trail Feasibility Study (Client: Shire of Coolgardie)
  • Riesling Trail Extension Feasibility Study (Client: Riesling Trail Management Committee)
  • Coast to Crater Trail Assessment Project (Victoria) (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Corangamite Shire Council)
  • Round the Heads (Barwon Heads) Trail Feasibility Study (Victoria) (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: City of Greater Geelong)
  • North Road Stock Route Trail Feasibility Study (Client: Shire of Greenough)
  • Murray River Adventure Trail Feasibility Study (Vic/NSW) (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Murray Regional Tourism Board)
  • Alexandra, Thornton and Eildon Trail Link Feasibility Study (Vic) (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Murrindindi Shire Council)

    Rail Trails:

    Bridge designs and cost estimates were a vital component of the Port Fairy to Dennington Rail Trail Feasibility Study.

    • Railway Reserves Heritage Trail Development Plan (Client: Shire of Mundaring) Download Project Data Sheet (113kb)
    • Oakbank to Mt Pleasant Railway Corridor Future Use Feasibility Study (South Australia) (Client: Adelaide Hills Council) Download Project Data Sheet (833kb)
    • Port Fairy to Dennington Rail Trail Feasibility Study (Victoria) (Client: Moyne Shire Council)
    • Ludlow to Busselton Rail-Trail Study (Client: Shire of Busselton)
    • Oakabella to Maguire Rail Trail Development Plan (Client: Mid West trails Group)
    • Collie to Darkan Rail-Trail Development Plan (Client: WA Horse Trekkers Inc.)
    • Ludlow to Busselton Rail-Trail Planning Study (Client: Shire of Busselton)
    • Riesling Trail Extension Feasibility Study (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Riesling Trail Management Committee)
    • Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Development Plan (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Queensland Government Department of Infrastructure and Planning)
    • Atherton Tablelands Rail Trails Feasibility Study (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Queensland Department of Transport)
    • Riverina Highlands Rail Trails Feasibility Study (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: NSW Riverina Regional Development Board)
    • Railway Reserve Heritage Trail Management Plan (Client: Shire of Mundaring)
    • Murrumbidgee Valley Rail Trail Feasibility Study (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Riverina Regional Development Board and Gundagai Shire Council)
    • Williams – Darkan Rail Trail Feasibility Study (Client: Williams Recreational Trails Committee)
    • Torbay – Elleker Rail Trail Feasibility Study (Client: Torbay Catchment Group)
    • Kep Track Safety Audit (Client: National Trust of Australia (WA))
    • Busselton to Flinders Bay Rail Trail Development Plan (Clients: Shire of Augusta Margaret River, City of Busselton and National Trust of Australia (WA))
    • Caboolture to Wamuran Rail Trail Concept Proposal (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Queensland Moreton Bay Regional Council)
    • Bethania to Beaudesert Rail Trail Development Plan (with GHD and Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Queensland Logan City Council)
    • Tumbarumba to Rosewood Rail Trail Development Plan (NSW) (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Tumbarumba Shire Council and Riverina Highlands Rail Trail Committee)
    • Atherton to Walkamin Rail Trail Development Plan (Qld) (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client Tablelands Regional Council)
    • Tiger Rail Trail Feasibility Study (Vic) (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Colac Otway Shire)
    • Richmond Vale Rail Trail Feasibility Study (NSW) (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Newcastle City Council)
    • Goulburn Crookwell Rail Trail – Feasibility Study (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Goulburn-Crookwell Rail Trail Inc.)
    • Goulburn Crookwell Rail Trail – Trail Development Plan (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Goulburn-Crookwell Rail Trail Inc.)
    • Upper Hunter Country Rail Trail – Feasibility Study (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Upper Hunter Shire Council and Muswellbrook Shire Council)
    • Upper Hunter Country Rail Trail – Trail Development Plan (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Upper Hunter Shire Council and Muswellbrook Shire Council)
    • Gundagai Rail Trail – Trail Development Plan (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Cootamundra Gundagai Regional Council)
    • Brisbane Valley Rail Trail – Trail Head Development Plans (Client: Mike Halliburton Associates)
    • Kilkivan Kingaroy Rail Trail – Trail Development Plan (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Gympie Regional Council)

    Bike and Shared Pathway Plans:

    • City of Fremantle Bike Plan (Client: City of Fremantle)
    • Town of East Fremantle Bike Plan (Client: Town of East Fremantle)
    • City of Cockburn Bike Plan Review (Client: City of Cockburn)
    • Western Suburbs Bike Plan (Towns of Claremont and Cottesloe and the City of Nedlands)
    • City of Canning Bike Plan (Client: City of Canning)
    • City of Joondalup Bike Plan (Client: City of Joondalup)
    • City of Wanneroo Bike Plan (Client: City of Wanneroo)
    • City of Melville Bike Plan (Client: City of Melville)
    • City of Subiaco Bike Plan (Client: City of Subiaco)
    • Dwellingup Bike Plan (Client: Shire of Murray)
    • Bakers Hill Shared Path Plan (Client: Shire of Northam)
    • Toodyay Bike Plan (Client: Shire of Toodyay)
    • City of Happy Valley Bike Plan (Client: Dorrestyn & Co)
    • Swan Valley Cycle Trail Development Plan (Client: City of Swan)
    • Mandurah to Pinjarra Dual Use Path Development Plan (Client: Peel Trails Group)
    • Dunsbororugh to Yallingup Dual Use Path Development Plan (Client: Shire of Busselton)
    • Norseman Bike Plan (Client: Shire of Dundas)
    • Ravensthorpe/Hopetoun Bike Plans (Client: Shire of Ravensthorpe)
    • Esperance Bike Plan Review (Client: Shire of Esperance)
    • Town of Port Hedland Cycle Plan (Client: Town of Port Hedland)
    • Mullewa Bike Plan (Client: Shire of Mullewa)
    • Corangamite Bicycle Strategy 2006 – 2011 (Client: Corangamite Shire – Victoria)
    • Shire of Manjimup Local Bike Plan (Client: Shire of Manjimup)
    • Swan and Helena Rivers Regional Recreational Path – Development Plan (Client: Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council)
    • Goomalling Local Bike Plan (Client: Shire of Goomalling)
    • Dumbleyung Local Bike Plan (Client: Shire of Dumbleyung)
    • Toodyay Bike Plan (Client: Shire of Toodyay)
    • Wongan Ballidu Bike Plan (Client: Shire of Wongan Ballidu)

    Drive Trails:

    Various sketches of historic places and sites were prepared for the interpretive panels for the Gascoyne Murchison Outback Pathways project.

    • Golden Pipeline Drive Trail Feasibility Report – Mundaring Weir to Kalgoorlie (Client: National Trust of Australia)
    • Golden Pipeline Drive Trail – Trail Development Plan (Client: National Trust of Australia)
    • Meekatharra Rangelands Discovery Trail Feasibility Report (Client: Shire of Meekatharra)
    • Gascoyne Murchison Outback Pathways (Client: Mid West Development Commission) Download Project Data Sheet (96kb)
    • Goldfields-Esperance Heritage Trail Feasibility Study (Client: Goldfields Esperance Development Commission)
    • Golden Quest Drive Trail – Development & Interpretation Plans (Client: Goldfields Esperance Development Commission) Download Project Data Sheet (636kb)
    • Granite and Woodlands Discovery Trail – Development & Interpretation (Client: Shire of Dundas)
    • Meekatharra Heritage Drive Trails Feasibility Report (Client: Shire of Meekatharra)
    • Savannah Way Interpretation Plan (Client: Kimberley Development Commission & Tourism Western Australia) Download Project Data Sheet (497kb)
    • Warlu Way – Conceptual Development and Interpretation Plan (with Mike Halliburton Associates) (Client: Australia’s Northwest Tourism)
    • North Road Stock Route Drive Trail Development Plan (Client: City of Geraldton-Greenough)
    • North Leonora Trail Design and Development Plan (with Kulbardi Hill Consultants) (Client: Shire of Leonora)
    • Mullewa Drive Trails Project – Development Plan (with Kulbardi Hill Consultants) (Client: Shire of Mullewa)
    • Exploring Wildflower Country (with Kulbardi Hill Consultants) (Clients: Shires of Morawa, Perenjori, Dalwallinu and Mullewa)
    • Exploring Wildflower Country Pt 2 (with Kulbardi Hill Consultants) (Clients: Shires of Moora, Three Springs, Coorow and Mingenew)
    • Wiluna Drive Trails (with Kulbardi Hill Consultants) (Client: Shire of Wiluna)
    • Desert Road Trail Master Plan (with Kulbardi Hill Consultants) (Client: Shire of East Pilbara)

    Project Management:

    • Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail project management (Client: National Trust of Australia) Download Project Data Sheet (155kb)
    • Niagara Dam site works project management (Client: Shire of Menzies)
    • Mundaring Weir Walk Trails project management (Client: National Trust of Australia)
    • Mundaring Weir Walk Trails Maintenance Plan (Client: National Trust of Australia)
    • Kep Track – Trail Upgrade Project Management (Client: National Trust of Australia)
    • Stidwell Bridle Trail Maintenance Plan (Client: City of Albany) Download Project Data Sheet (208kb)
    • Meelup Reserve Walk Trail Construction (Client: Meelup Reserve Management Committee) Download Project Data Sheet (272kb)
    • Beacon Hill Lookout Shelter design and construction project management (Client: Shire of Dundas)

    Design and project management of the Beacon Hill Lookout.

    Sign Design:

    • Beacon Hill Trail Signage Plan (Client: Shire of Dundas)
    • Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail sign designs (Client: National Trust of Australia)
    • Gascoyne Murchison Outback Pathways sign designs (Client: Mid West Development Commission)
    • Savannah Way sign designs (Client: Kimberley Development Commission & Tourism Western Australia) Download Project Data Sheet (220kb)

    Trail Interpretation and Guides:

    • New Guide Books for Bibbulmun (Client: CALM)
    • Beacon Hill Interpretation Plan (Client: Shire of Dundas)
    • Beacon Hill Trail Brochure (Client: Shire of Dundas)
    • Swan Valley Cycle Trail Interpretation Plan (Client: City of Swan)
    • McDermid / Disappointment Rocks Interpretation Plan (Client: Shire of Dundas)

    Trail Audits:

    • Kep Track Safety Audit (Client: National Trust of Australia (WA))
    • Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail (Client: National Trust of Australia (WA))
    • Ellis Brook Valley: Sixty Foot Falls Walk Trail Assessment (Client: City of Gosnells)
    • Yaburara Heritage Trail – Trail Upgrading Plan (Client: Shire of Roebourne and National Trust of Australia (WA))
    • 600 individual trail audits/assessments