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Brisbane Valley Rail Trail – Moore to Blackbutt 33.5km Moore to to Moore Blackbutt www.dilgp.qld.gov.au/bvrt Sandy Creek Road T a o r me D Ta o Sutherland Dr a ra BVRT - Nukku Rd – Blackbutt – Benarkin (one way) - 8.5 km v m R i e d i s o e R Ro BVRT - Benarkin – Moore (one way) - 25 km o a Pam a d i lle el d nv a Driv McCallum Trail (loop) - 12 km Li Trails of Blackbutt and e Old Esk Road Allery Trail (loop) - 31 km Li n v il Brisbane Valley Rail Trail (BVRT) Ogilvie Trail (loop) - 12 km le R o Major road a d U l a Hardgrave Road Linville R m Old Esk Road oad p a Cr e Grant Road e k t R a te Fores St St o i n F a a Benark ra d i Noora Rd n d n e a k Li s o s R n R R v o Simpson Road s o Willia i a ms Road n l a le d n d a lm R h o o a RNET T R d SOU TH BU EGIONAL COUNCIL Cameron Road ad R o B R ET S o k SOMER w e e m Packer Road r Martin Crescent NAL a O C REGI n a p R m o a Old Esk Road COUNCIL la d U Road Langton d a Crumpton Drive o R e h c rt y a o a horse yards rr N w e gh T u i y r H a kk a il Station Street w u u l N g i A a G D’ R M r e Crumpton Drive u B e Moore l u n l nya W e a h rs y i l R l o s a D ay Eskdale Street d ri hw v ig e r H Da kin ila gu Benar gu ila A r D’ Hi gh wa H y i m s te ut t d Nukku Road Blackb ts R o a d R Brett TOOWOOMBA o a EGIONAL d R Hayne Kite Millar Road B e n COUNCIL a r k i n F o r e Nukku Road s t D r i v Olzard Rd e Nukku Road Clancys camping area Valley Road Valley Corcoran Road Corcoran Cherry Creek Rd Cherry Creek Rd Corcoran Road N e ad s o s Wilso n R www.dilgp.qld.gov.au/bvrt trail summary Other trails connecting to BVRT Trails of Blackbutt The BVRT at Blackbutt connects with the trails of Blackbutt BVRT Nukku Rd – Blackbutt – Benarkin (one way) 8.5 kilometres which link to the Bicentennial National Trail (BNT) and forest The trail is for walking, The trail surface is relatively smooth, although there are some trails in Benarkin State Forest. The BNT is the longest marked cycling and horse riding steep banks where the rail bridges have been removed and the trail non-motorised, multi-use, self-reliant trekking route in the only. The surface is not crosses the road. There is a convenience store, toilet and picnic world, stretching an extraordinary 5330 kilometres from suitable for road/racing facilities at Benarkin. bicycles, personal mobility Cooktown in tropical North Queensland to Healesville in vehicles or horse drawn Victoria. BVRT Benarkin – Moore (one way) 25 kilometres vehicles. Motorised Some of these trails, including the trails in Benarkin State This trail continues along the BVRT from Benarkin to Linville and vehicles of any type are Forest, are public roads that need to be shared with other the town of Moore along the banks of the Brisbane River. There prohibited. users. The only trail that does not allow any motorised vehicles are camping, picnic and toilet facilities and a convenience store at The trail surface between of any type is the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail (BVRT). Moore. The section between Moore and Linville also makes a good short trail at only seven kilometres and is considered an easy trail Moore and Linville is Benarkin State Forest has over 300 kilometres of trails and classification. Start at Moore and have lunch at Linville and visit the compact gravel with can be accessed from the BVRT south of Benarkin. Logging Linville Railway Station from 1910 restored to its former glory. concrete causeways. The section from Linville to Benarkin is and service tracks crisscross the forest and can be used for rough gravel with some rocky sections. Walkers and cyclists walking, cycling, four-wheel driving or horse riding. There are magnificent views of the Brisbane Valley and surrounding need to be reasonably fit to enjoy the trail between Linville and landscapes from the Blackbutt and Benarkin Range sections. Blackbutt. Horses must be shod. Stay on existing roads and tracks and be aware of the give-way There are toilet, picnic and horse stalls at Blackbutt Creek. code that operates on state forest tracks: vehicles and bicycles There are camping and picnic facilities, a convenience store and It takes around 2-3 hours to ride a bike from Blackbutt to give way to horses and walkers; walkers give way to horses. accommodation at Linville and Moore. Linville, slightly longer travelling up the range from Linville to A special permit is not required unless it is a commercial Blackbutt. activity, an organised group activity or a competitive event. McCallum Trail (loop) 12 kilometres The trail from Benarkin to Blackbutt features a compact gravel When in Benarkin State Forest, trail users are responsible for This trail utilises some public roads. Please be wary of motorised road suited to people with a low to moderate fitness level; this riding and using the logging and service tracks in accordance vehicles such as trail bikes on Staines Road. The Staines Road particular section is especially suited to families. with signage and they must stay on the marked trail. Horses section also links to the Allery Trail. Staines Road can be very boggy There are a number of crossings at Boundary, Greenhide and are not permitted to leave these tracks and trails. after wet weather. This trail is a pleasant ride for horse and bike Blackbutt creeks that are moderately steep (up to 30 per cent) riders and a good link to Benarkin trail facilities and other trails in with slopes up to 40 metres in length. There are gradually the network. rising grades up the range to Blackbutt. Allery Trail (loop) 31 kilometres The trail is excellent for experienced horse riders and boasts This trail has the best of the best but there are not a lot of facilities good horse facilities including horse float parking and yards at on the way. It uses the BVRT and the BNT in the Blackbutt Range Benarkin, Linville Station and Blackbutt showgrounds. Horse where you will see hoop pines tower over subtropical rainforest in riders can access Benarkin State Forest, unless otherwise Benarkin State Forest. The forest contains hoop pine plantations signed, and the Bicentennial National Trail (BNT) at Benarkin established in the 1920s. and Blackbutt. Ogilvie Trail (loop) 12 kilometres Large groups of travellers who wish to use the trail should contact one of the BVRT ambassadors to ensure the trail is not Follow the BVRT towards Yarraman to a trail departing just being used by other groups. Please contact Robyn Gray on before Nukku Road Bridge, turn left to meet Nukku Road, right into 07 5424 8138 or Geoff Maudsley on 07 4163 0305. Langton Road corridor and follow the arrows, pass the Blackbutt Golf Club to Bowman Road to join the Allery Trail at the road crossing near Crumpton Road. This is an excellent ride for horse riders. 1 2 3 Landscape heritage History of Moore Passing through dense hoop pine forest, with the ‘tink-tink’ The township of Moore is built on part of the original Colinton of bell miners ringing out, the BVRT passes the Benarkin bora station from 1841. It was made up of six leases and covered 336 grounds. There are two bora rings linked by a 450 metre path. 000 acres. Initiates (‘kippas’) were led on the path to the smaller ring where Before 1903 the district was known by the names of the public the initiation took place. As the wind blows up the ranges below, facilities available there. One of these was Stonehouse after a it is easy to cast aside time and hear the sound of clap sticks remarkable stone building built by Gloucestershire stonemasons and the songs of the bora. Robert and Charles Williams on Colinton land in 1868. In 1883, The Bicentennial National Trail (BNT) joins the BVRT at Benarkin. Stonehouse was also the Nine Mile Receiving Office for mail BNT chronicles the 1800s wagon, coach and cattle droving route delivered by pack horse from Ipswich to Nanango and later up the Brisbane Valley into the South Burnett and links the BVRT became a coach stop and changing station for McDonald’s Royal to the trails of Blackbutt and towns north and south including Mail Coach to Nanango. Nanango, Kingaroy, Kilkiven and Toowoomba. Until 1910 the Moore millers hauled their timber 13 miles to the The original railway line through the Brisbane Valley was railway terminus at Kannangur for sale in Brisbane. In 1910 the built during the early years of the last century to transport Moore station was built on the outskirts of the town. supplies to the growing number of small farmers in the valley, World War II provided a boost to Moore when a new Inland and to transport milk products, timber and stock to Brisbane Defence Road over the Blackbutt Range was built using Moore markets.
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