To Snake Valley WHITES RD Woolmunda Park Cottages To

GLENELG HWY GARDENS RD

N

HEALES ST SEBASTOPOL - RD WILLS RD

WOADY YALOAK RIVER BROOKE ST To Sebastopol To

LORDS RD VERDONN RD JUDDS RD

VERMONT RD GIST RD

GLENELG HWY BROWN ST

To Linton

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N HEWITTS RD

MORCHUP RD COCHRANE ST O

RESERVOIR T

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GLENELG HWY

ADAIR ST

CLYDE ST

GILLESPIE ST SUSSEX ST Smythesdale To

JACKSON ST

GLENELG HWY AVENUE OF HONOUR OF AVENUE SPRINGDALLAH CREEK LINTON - PIGGOREET RD

To Snake Valley WHITES RD Woolmunda Park Cottages To Ballarat

LINTON - NARINGHIL RD To Smythesdale via Newtown LINTON - MANNIBADAR RD

GLENELG HWY GARDENS RD

N

SKIPTON RD To Beaufort START/FINISH SKIPTON KEY TO SYMBOLS HEALES ST SEBASTOPOL - SMYTHESDALE RD The trail officially begins WILLS RD BRIDGE ST

approximately 500m west of toilet points of interest disused mine TO CARDIGAN Ring Road at the junction of LAWSON STWOADY YALOAK RIVER

BROOKE ST Linton To PARK LA the former Ballarat to Skipton

ALEXANDERS RD Sebastopol To picnic ground campsite café MIDLAND HWY N LORDS RD and to Serviceton GLENELG HWY VERDONN RD Railway lines. AVENUE OF HONOUR JUDDS RDGLENELG HWY LYONS ST WRIGHT ST SMYTHE ST VERMONT RD drinking water historic building arts/crafts/gifts REMEMBRANCE DR START/FINISH GIST RD ROKEWOOD - SKIPTON RD Join at Public Access Point 2 WESTERN HWY Remembrance Drive (Avenue 1 0

GLENELG HWY garage factory fishing WHITES RD BROWN ST OSBORNE ST of Honour). Construction of the 2 HOWITT ST

HARDY ST To Linton START/FINISH Ballarat Western Link Road will

ANDREW RD RING RD ALEXANDERS RD STATION ST accommodation church swimming pool be completed late 2014.

SCOTT ST CRESWICK RD CRESWICK KOPKE CUTHBERTS RD The Trail is 53km one way. To (TRUNK LEAD) MOUNT EMU CREEK hotel cemetery golf club To Lismore To Rokewood the trailhead from Ballarat CBD

R D is another 8km. O 3 R To Snake Valley BALLARAT-CARINGHAM RD STURT ST

WHITES RD S Y ST

E To S L Woolmunda Park Cottages L Ballarat A

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E R GASCOIGNES LA K E A

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FINCHS RD

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4 GREENHALGHS RD N HEWITTS RD D

MORCHUP RD COCHRANE ST O GLENELG HWY BELLS RD

RESERVOIR T

N GARDENS RD RACECOURSE RD I

N L GLENELG HWY 5 HADDON GLENELG HWY N ADAIR ST

CLYDE ST To Smythesdale To GILLESPIE ST SUSSEX ST MIDLAND HWY HEALES ST 6 SEBASTOPOL - SMYTHESDALE RD JACKSON ST WILLS RD GLENELG HWY 7 Public Access Points and Road Crossings BROOKE ST

To Sebastopol To Access to the Ballarat–Skipton Rail Trail can be gained at the points below. These AVENUE OF HONOUR OF AVENUE SPRINGDALLAH CREEK LINTON - PIGGOREET RD LORDS RD SNAKE VALLEY-SMYTHESDALE RD are listed in order from Ballarat–Skipton, and Skipton–Ballarat with the distance in VERDONN RD WHITES RD JUDDS RD kilometres listed between each access point.

VERMONT RD section from from GIST RD length Ballarat Skipton 8 NINTINGBOOL CEMETERY GLENELG HWY 0 Ballarat Rail Junction 0.0 0.0 52.8 LINTON BROWN ST SMYTHESDALE

LINTON - NARINGHIL RD To Smythesdale via Newtown TANNERY RD LINTON - MANNIBADAR RD To Linton 9 1 Blind Creek Rd 0.5 0.5 52.3 2 Ballarat–Burumbeet Road (Avenue of Honour) 0.5 1.0 51.8 0 250 500 750 1km CHEPSTOW-PITTONG RD SMYTHESDALE Township maps scale: metres ENGLISH 3 Ballarat– Road 4.1 5.1 47.7 CHINA CLAY MINE 4 Kopkes Road 2.1 7.2 45.6 10 D N R PITTONG Y SCARSDALE CEMETERY 5 Haddon Station Ground (Sago Hill Road) 1.2 8.4 44.4 E 19 L SKIPTON RD L LEGEND A To Beaufort V 6 SCARSDALE Thomas Road 1.5 9.9 42.9 E 18 GASCOIGNES LA K 11 A

N 7 Ross Creek–Haddon Road 0.6 10.5 42.3

BRIDGE ST S

LINTON RAIL TRAIL -

GLENELG HWY 17 N HEWITTS RD

20 MORCHUP RD COCHRANE ST O 8 Whites Road (Smythesdale) 4.0 14.5 38.3

SKIPTON GLENELG HWY RESERVOIR T

N LAWSON ST I

To Linton To 16 L PARK LA N HIGHWAYS O 9 Smythesdale Township/Station Ground 1.0 15.5 37.3 N ALEXANDERS RD 15 BRIDGE & CUTTING N 18 GLENELG HWY 22 GLENELG HWY 10 Carey Road (Scarsdale) 2.5 18.0 34.8 GLENELG HWY 21LYONSSKIPTON-GEELONG ST RD ADAIR 14ST 12 MINOR ROADS

LISMORE-PITTONG RD

SMYTHE ST WRIGHT ST 13 NIMONS BRIDGE RD LINTON-PIGGOREET 11 Scarsdale Township/Station Ground 1.4 19.4 33.4 START/FINISH CLYDE ST LINTON-PIGGOREET RD NEWTOWN

ROKEWOOD - SKIPTON RD Smythesdale To GILLESPIE ST SUSSEX ST WATERWAYS 12 Newtown Station Ground 3.3 22.7 30.1 JACKSON ST OSBORNE ST GLENELG HWY 13 Happy Valley Station Ground 5.5 28.2 24.6 HARDY ST HAPPY VALLEY CITIES/TOWNSHIPS 14 ANDREW RD RAINBOW Linton–Piggoreet Road 2.0 31.1 21.7 ALEXANDERS RD STATION ST

SCOTT ST

AVENUE OF HONOUR OF AVENUE BIRD TRAIL SPRINGDALLAH CREEK LINTON - PIGGOREET RD GOLDEN 15 Linton Township/Station Ground 1.2 32.3 20.5 LINTON-MANNIBADAR RD STREAM MOUNT EMU CREEK HISTORIC To Lismore To Rokewood 16 0.4 32.7 20.1 RESERVE 0 1 2 3 4 5 scale: kilometres 17 Linton–Mortchup Road 1.2 33.9 18.9

CAMPERDOWN-BALLARAT RD 18 Jacks Road 3.3 37.2 15.6

LINTON - NARINGHIL RD To Smythesdale via Newtown LINTON - MANNIBADAR RD 19 Pittong Station Ground (Chepstowe–Pittong Rd) 4.0 41.2 11.6 — — 20 Glenelg Highway 5.2 46.4 6.4 bike walk ride Download the FREE tourism Apps to discover more about 21 Skipton–Geelong Road 5.0 51.4 1.4 and the Ballarat–Skipton Rail Trail 22 Skipton Township/Station Ground 1.4 52.8 0.0 www.visitgoldenplains.vic.gov.au Golden Plains Rail Trail Ballarat–Skipton Rail Trail 52.8km 52.8km 52.8km SKIPTON RD To Beaufort Significant dates for the Ballarat–Skipton Railway, 1883-1985 BRIDGE ST 1870s 1883 1889–1890 1891 1896 1911 1914–1916 1931–32 1953 1970–1979 1985 2008 Haddon–Smythesdale– Formal opening of Cardigan, Newtown, Extension of railwayLAWSON ST Closure of Scarsdale Ballarat to Colac via Work on Linton–Skipton Passenger use declines Nimons Bridge destroyed Closure of Cardigan, Closure of the Official opening of the To Linton To

PARK LA

Scarsdale population the line to Scarsdale, Happy Valley and to Linton via NewtownALEXANDERS RD as a staff and ticket Cressy line opens as line at a cost of £65,000. due to Depression by fire. Line closed Happy Valley, Kopke, Ballarat–Skipton line on Ballarat–Skipton N estimated at 16,300. including stations at Linton Stations open. opened by the Chief station. an extensionGLENELG of the HWY Officially opened in 1916. and competition from beyond Newtown for Scarsdale and Haddon 27 September, 1985. Rail Trail following Provision made for a Haddon, Smythesdale Scarsdale passenger Secretary,GLENELG the Hon. HWY LYONS ST Ballarat–Skipton line road transport. Skipton many months while the stations. major works to allow railway. and Scarsdale. journeys total more Alfred Deakin.SMYTHE ST WRIGHT ST from Newtown. station reduced to bridge was rebuilt. for various recreational than 20,000 annually. ROKEWOOD - SKIPTON RD caretaker status. uses.

OSBORNE ST

HARDY ST

ANDREW RD

ALEXANDERS RD STATION ST

SCOTT ST

MOUNT EMU CREEK To Lismore To Rokewood