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Gippsland Plains Rail Trail Committee of Management Submission by Gippsland Plains Rail Trail Committee of Management to the Parliament of Victoria Environment & Natural Resources Committee Inquiry into Heritage Tourism and Ecotourism in Victoria August 2013 Contact: Helen Hoppner Also see attached MARKETING PLAN for further reference. Prepared by Alan Lewis & Rachel Lewis Lewis McNaughton PTY LTD As adopted by Gippsland Plains Rail Trail CoM March 2013 Visit Gippsland Plains Rail Trail on Facebook GIPPSLAND PLAINS RAIL TRAIL COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT INC. Chairperson: HELEN HOPPNER ABN : 49 152 690 887 SUBMISSION TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE Re: Inquiry into Heritage Tourism and Ecotourism in Victoria Thank you for the opportunity to provide input into this inquiry. The Gippsland Plains Rail Trail (GPRT) Committee of Management are currently overseeing the final stages of completion of the 65 Km trail from Stratford to Traralgon in Gippsland. Upon completion, the potential for this trail to be recycled into a multi-use track for cycling, mountain biking, walking, hiking and horse riding will create new market and investment opportunities for the region by integrating with existing trails throughout Gippsland making it a premier destination for domestic and international visitors. This submission would like to address the: 1. Scope of ecotourism and heritage tourism in central Gippsland, Victoria 2. The potential to develop ecotourism and heritage tourism and to its economic benefits for the region, and; 3. Current status of local industry and obstacles The GPRT is a rich corridor of cultural and environmental diversity that can weave economic prosperity into the townships along its path showcasing our historical heritage and environmental value. Additionally, to reconnect culturally significant features while highlighting the many historic attractions on and off the trail is, equally, a desired attraction that only serves to better educate the next generation to the significance of our past and to its impact on our future. GPRT is a recreational trail that will help the seven township communities en route to establish economic security through eco-tourism and sustainability that fully connected trails bring to local communities. A fully operational Rail Trail would become a significant tourist icon capable of attracting and capitalising on tourist visitors to other areas of Gippsland. Therefore the trail has the potential to be a premier destination for domestic and international visitors. If you wish to clarify any points made in this submission do not hesitate to contact me Yours sincerely Helen Hoppner Chairperson - Gippsland Plains Rail Trail Committee of Management Inc. OVERVIEW Origin of the Gippsland Plains Rail Trail This 65km trail is the abandoned Traralgon –Stratford Junction Rail line in Central Gippsland, Victoria. In response to community requests, state government had the abandoned railway lands converted to Crown Land set aside for public ownership following the closure of the line between 1985 and 1995 - the land is now administered by the Department of Environment and Primary Industries and managed by the Gippsland Plains Rail Trail Committee of Management since 1999 to the present day. As a rail trail, it connects with two operational stations on the main Gippsland rail line, namely Traralgon in the west and Stratford in the east with the trail in between connecting with the former station sites of Glengarry, Toongabbie, Cowwarr, Dawson, Heyfield, Tinamba and Maffra. The Committee of Management was appointed on 9th June 1999 by the then Minister for Conservation and Land Management1 whilst the reservation of the Trail as crown land was gazetted on the 24th June 1999. The committee was provided with a capital grant of $130,000 by the Department against budget estimates of $589,000 - $800,000 dependent on standard of surface finish, gravel or sealed. No estimate of maintenance cost of the finished track was provided. In 2001 the cost was estimated at $1,490,000 - $1,624,000. The only source of income to the Committee is from reserve leases, which amounts to $4,000 per annum and a grant from Latrobe City of $3,000 per annum2. The reserve area of the Maffra Station and adjoining land leased commercially was not vested and therefore this source of income has not been available to the committee. Since 2008 The Committee has been able, with the support of the Wellington Shire Council and various grants from the Victorian Governments, to complete the following track upgrades to a suitable gravelled surface finished to a standard that will take a bituminous seal when funds become available. 1 Now Department of Sustainability and Environment, the Committee is appointed for three year terms 2 This grant has been made available since 2006 Stratford to Maffra - Completed 2009 Maffra to Tinamba - Completed 2011 Glengarry to Cowwarr Works in Progress Schedule to complete 2013 ($200,000 Government Grant $23,000 Local contribution) Tinamba to Dawson Proposal for funding in 2013 (Local contribution of $30,000 raised) Dawson to Cowwarr By pass of Thomson River (Estimated cost >$ 1,000,000) Glengarry to Traralgon Review of Latrobe River Bridge been undertaken 2013 ($600,000 government grant available) The Gippsland Plains Rail Trail Committee of Management have worked assiduously to complete the Trail which, when completed will be a significant community asset and provide a wide range of benefits socially, environmentally (retention of remnant vegetation) and economically as a tourist destination and an essential component of the local, regional, state and national transport networks. The Trail, in the regional context, will be a major tourism destination and community asset providing an alternative transport network between towns contributing to community health and wellbeing3 and providing significant economic benefit to the region by the opportunity to showcase the region’s rich heritage, agriculture, industry, natural environment as an iconic tourism element. It will showcase the unique role played by this area in the historic development of Gippsland. The Macalister Irrigation District is the most productive dairy country in Australia with 24% of Australia’s dairy produce coming from areas abutting the Gippsland Plains Rail Trail. The unfinished trail passes through high quality dairy country, and offers sweeping views of the Great Dividing Range to the north and the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and is unique as visitors can connect to and travel by train to either end of the trail. Since 2009, significant bridge infrastructure has occurred on the trail ensuring vital connections between township communities. The major priority is the completion of the Glengarry to Traralgon section to provide the all- important link over the Latrobe River (below) 3 Refer Wellington Shire Healthy Living Plan Actions 41 Natural Assets Open Space and 26 Integrated Transport Network including development of cycle paths History of the Traralgon-Stratford railway The Traralgon-Maffra-Stratford railway was constructed to serve the rich farming and timber producing areas around these towns, and was constructed in several stages. By 1883 the new line from Traralgon had reached Heyfield, and was extended to Maffra in 1886. A branch line from Maffra to Briagolong was opened in 1889, and the final part of railway from Maffra to Stratford (joining the main Gippsland line to Bairnsdale) was opened by 1890. The Maffra railway was used for haulage of large quantities of freight including agricultural produce and timber as well as bringing in inbound supplies such as food and machinery. From the time of the line’s opening a daily passenger train service was provided to Traralgon, which was finally withdrawn in 1977. By that time the railways had lost much of their business to competing road traffic, although the line was used to carry through freight trains from Orbost until October 1983, when the new station at Sale was opened. Regular freight services on the line were then terminated and trains only operated as required for large consignments of bulk products. By the mid- 1980s the condition of major bridges had deteriorated and the line was closed in stages from the Traralgon end commencing in 1987. The track on this section was dismantled and later re-used on wheat haulage lines elsewhere in Victoria. Special passenger trains occasionally visited the line, with a steam hauled heritage train travelling from Melbourne to Maffra via Stratford in August 1990. The section of line between Maffra and Stratford remained in operation for the occasional haulage of containerized milk products until 1993, when it finally closed, marking the end of over a century of rail services on the Gippsland plains. The line has now passed into history after performing its role in the development of the region, but lives on as a Rail Trail for future generations to enjoy. 1/ SCOPE OF ECOTOURISM AND HERITAGE TOURISM IN CENTRAL GIPPSLAND The GPRT covers many local sectors of tourism that promote health and wellbeing including nature based and ecotourism, adventure tourism, cultural, arts, heritage, touring, food and wine. Nature based eco-tourism Eco-based nature tourism of walking, cycling and horse riding will experience wetlands, unique nature reserves, waterways, ecosystems and farm stays – see following table Adventure based #off trail adventure experiences for GPRT is: mountain biking (exiting Glengarry, Toongabbie, Heyfield) 4-wheel drives & visitation to Walhalla Horse trail riding (exiting
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