Ballarat–Skipton Rail Trail Can Be Gained at the Points Listed Below

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H U I P R L D MORTCHUP RD A St Peters Roman Catholic Church RESERVOIR B Traquair House 1862 C OC F HR C Linton Free Library L AN

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l ST a D St. Pauls Anglican Church 1861 MO Y W d RT G H L s ON ENE L e E Peacock Cottage Gallery and Studio | Tel. 5334 7401 ST G h

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G m RA N S Tel. 5344 7362 | Monday to Saturday 6.30am-8pm; A T ST T o

S T Sunday 8am-8pm R T I T S T K A S S D K Y G Susie’s on Sussex (Recycled clothing and books) N A R E O O T R T Y S L R I X 74 Sussex Street | Tel. 5342 8554 U C E M LY S Ballarat –Skipton G A DE S H S S T U Friday 2-4pm; Saturday & Sunday, 11.30am-4pm G S IL C L T

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JA E o CKSO I N S E G t G T L S K Tel. 0411031749 | Thursday-Sunday, 10am-4pm E N p N T O Rail Trail i E L U G O k H O W R I Railway Hotel | Tel. 5344 7214

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T J Linton Cemetery (Chinese graves) WEBS H TER ST W K Avenue of Honour A V E S R L Mortchup Road Reservoir (Old Linton Reservoir) L N S E P E I R Y A IN R G S L B D T ’ A LL O AH L C B D IN RE TO EK Start/Finish N

D D – NORTH R R P IG L The trail officially begins approximately 500m west of Ring R I G A O D H R G E A E 0100200300400500 Road at the junction of the former Ballarat to Skipton and B FA N I U I T LK R N N R N ER D A A ST Melbourne to Serviceton railway lines. N M – –

N N O T O Due to construction of the , it is T IN N Ballarat Western Link Road L I recommended that trail users begin at public access point L 2 To Smythesdale via Newtown (Avenue of Honour). It is anticipated that

Remembrance Drive K To Beaufort I the link will be completed by November 2014. P

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Alternative starting points Further Information S R K R D

R Skipton E

A D N • Skipton Station Ground, Station Street Ballarat – Skipton Rail Trail Committee P N M Skipton B A R X I n • Ballarat Railway Station, Lydiard Street North • E D o L ST G G t City of Ballarat A N O E T S n

W i • Wendouree Railway Station, 1225 Howitt Street www.ballarat.vic.gov.au | Tel. (03) 5320 5500 LA S S

BL L A Skipton Eel Factory A T K N E ST E

O • Any of the Public Access Points or road crossings. • o S T B Historical Museum Golden Plains Shire R E ST www.goldenplains.vic.gov.au | Tel. (03) 5281 1202 E BLAK D C Skipton Hotel (Currently closed for renovations) Distance MONTGO N MERY ST A L WY S H • ELG 23 Montgomery Street | Tel. 5340 2111 The rail trail is 53kms one way. The ride to the trailhead from U LEN E G T MONTGOMERY ST G

T Ballarat Visitor Information Centre S N L T B D Skipton Golf Club, Geelong Road | Tel. 5340 2054

www.visitballarat.com.au | Tel. 1800 44 66 33 A Ballarat CBD adds another 8kms. S L O Y B ON L HWY S ST GLENELG O E Swimming Pool

T Public Access • (BalBUG) SM WRIGH H K YTH T ST S E ST F C F Stewart Park Picnic Ground Ballarat Bicycle Users Group S Walkers, cyclists and horse riders may use the trail. Users www.balbug.net c

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l T R G O Presbyterian Church S o K SM C E should stay within the reserve boundaries. B Y T W THE W ST H Catholic Church S E I T O •

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a S – I Skipton Cemetery (plaque commemorating N O 0100200300400500 Trail surface www.ballaratskiptonrailtrail.com D S

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o C Henry Bolte’s schooling at Skipton) U O T R H Unsealed; crushed granite sand that may become boggy RIE H O T ST O C S O S BORN N E J S T ST R A J Trout fishing Mt. Emu Creek when wet. A mountain bike or hybrid bike with 30mm tyres Community websites T D IO D N NORTH R K Church of England • www.ballarat.com/smythesdale/index.htm S is recommended. T S R D L E Skipton Lake Reserve • www.skiptonaustralia.org.au VOWL D ES ST Difficulty N • www.lintoncommunity.com A J M Skipton Gallery and Café, 36 Montgomery Street X

A moderate grade ride with a few gradual climbs and E D L Tel. 5340 2073 | Open 7 days, 10am-4pm R A descents. The trail crosses numerous minor roads and the E R N Skipton Roadhouse, 40/44 Montgomery Street

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S MOUNT EMU CREEK I Tel. 5340 2131

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D Ballarat –Skipton Rail Trail: Highlights, Information, Access Points

RD ET BE UM Rail Trail sections Key to Symbols RR r) BU nou Arch of Victory and Avenue of Honour T – Ho RA of As you leave central Ballarat you’ll pass through the 1920 The trail divides into three distinct sections: LA ue = Accommodation = Garage AL ven Ballarat Western B (A D MIDLAND HWY L Rink Road Arch of Victory and along the Avenue of Honour. The Avenue • is a region of grasslands, swamps K EDue for completion Ballarat to Scarsdale = Cafe = Hotel E R November 2014 of Honour has a tree planted for each Ballarat resident who and long open vistas. Cardigan C D IN = Cemetery = Picnic Ground L enlisted in the First World War between 1917 and 1919. • has lovely stretches of forest, B Scarsdale to Pittong A passenger station opened here in R D R

D historic trestle bridges and interesting railway cuttings. = Church = Point of Interest E NC Wendouree K Six sites of historical significance have been identified along 1889 for the needs of an agricultural, A C R I MB Rail Station • is the final section, meandering through Start/Finish W ME 1225 Howitt = Drinking Water = Significant Old Buildings S the Ballarat – Skipton railway reserve by the Woady Yaloak farming and mining area. Cardigan RE Pittong to Skipton E Street Y rural farmland where sheep may wander onto the trail. R 1 FW C Historical Society and the Linton and District Historical = Disused Mine = Toilets stayed open for traffic until 1970. N 0 R TE S Society. These include: W 2 E W Flora and Fauna H

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E T ST OWIT S Avenue of Honour H The most significant vegetation seen over the length of the

Nimons Bridge D Nimons Bridge is one of the largest timber trestle bridges in trail include open forest (predominantly Eucalypt), native R I N Kopke (Trunk Lead) G Victoria. It crosses the Woady Yaloak River near Newtown. grassland, Black She-oak and Silver Banksia Woodland.

RD R HBERTS CUT D LAKE Approximately 32 species of mammal have been identified This station was opened with the line. It was WENDOUREE Ballarat

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R national context. These include the Koala, Brush-tailed 1910 the station’s name was changed to S U T

M RD S V D AM M IC H T T Nintingbool Siding Phascogale, Common Dunnart and Common Bent-wing Bat. Kopke after a local land-owner. The station R CARNG ORIA E D T – O S K ALLARA T This was the site of the original homestead of the squatting P R B N O was closed once the rail motor was K K D E station known as Nintingbool Run, taken up in 1838. E R withdrawn in 1977. C

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N Chinese Camp T S RD C H R ALG The Chinese camp was located just past the Nintingbool EENH S 4 U H GR K N S D IP R K Siding, placed between the line and Smythesdale Road. S R T L O LL E D N B E D R E R A OURS D RACEC D and were R Haddon Railway Station Kopke Railway Station SAGO HILL RDD GLEN once centres of large settlements in the gold mining era. Haddon EL 5 G HWY

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Public Access Points and Road Crossings Y school children riding the rail motor to 7 Access to the Ballarat–Skipton Rail Trail can be gained at the points listed below. These access RD and from scE hool. They enjoyed travelling AL points are listed in order from Ballarat to Skipton, with distances between each point shown. SD on theH Erail motor until 1976 when they YT SM – Public Access Points EhYad to switch to a bus. Length of Dist. from Dist. from LL D VA R E S (All distances are shown in kilometres) Section Ballarat Skipton AK E N IT S H W Ballarat Rail Junction Start 0.0 52.8 0 Blind Creek Road 0.5 0.5 52.3 1

D Ballarat – Burrumbeet Road (Avenue of Honour) 0.5 1.0 51.8

R 8 2 Skipton Linton T Nintingbool Cemetery Ballarat – Carngham Road 4.1 5.1 47.7 R 3 O www.skiptonaustralia.org.au www.lintoncommunity.com (Chinese grave) F

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B 9 Skipton township was the centre for a large This station was opened on 10 October 1890 as Haddon Station Ground (Sago Hill Road) 1.2 8.4 44.4 – 5

N pastoral and agricultural area. Once the line was the terminus of an extension from Scarsdale. The D Thomas Road 1.5 9.9 42.9 O R T Y 6 R P E I opened the farmers could send produce to the English China Clay (ECC) mine Linton locomotive and train crew were transferred N Ross Creek – Haddon Road 0.6 10.5 42.3 K AN S T 7 markets by rail. Originally there were locomotive to Skipton when the line went through, but Linton Whites Road (Smythesdale) 4.0 14.5 38.3 8 Smythesdale drivers, firemen and an important station master remained a staff and ticket station. Linton revived Smythesdale Township / Station Ground 1.0 15.5 37.3

www.ballarat.com/smythesdale/index.htm 9 here. When traffic declined in the 1930’s in status after 1930 when a passenger rail motor Carey Road (Scarsdale) 2.5 18.0 34.8 10 10 depression these positions were withdrawn. Traffic was based there. Regular goods trains and the W This station opened with the line in 1883. Scarsdale Township / Station Ground 1.4 19.4 33.4 PITTONG – O 11 A CAREY RD

C D increased after the war and facilities for receiving SNAKE VALLEY RD rail motor ceased running in the late 1970’s. Y This goods loop was the only one intact Newtown Station Ground 3.3 22.7 30.1 H 12 E Y

19 P A bulk wheat and oats were built. L between Linton Junction and Linton, Happy Valley Station Ground 5.5 28.2 24.6 S O 13 T A Scarsdale Cemetery O K

W 11 R remaining until the line closed in 1985. Linton – Piggoreet Road 2.9 31.1 21.7 18 IV 14

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T SNAKE VALLEY RD O Glenelg Highway 0.4 32.7 20.1 LISMORE – N JACKS 17 Scarsdale 16 G RD PITTONG RD Linton – Mortchup Road 1.2 33.9 18.9 20 R 17 D GLENELG HWY This, the first terminus on the railway, soon Accommodation Jacks Road 3.3 37.2 15.6 GLE 18 NELG D HW R G Y 16 had so many passengers using it that they is available at the Pittong Station Ground (Chepstowe – Pittong Road) 4.0 41.2 11.6 N Bridge & Cutting No18 19 O L D had to expand the facilities. By 1890 over Woady Yaloak Glenelg Highway 5.2 46.4 6.4 E NORTH R E T 20 G 15 E – E 22 21 N R Nimons 20,000 people used this station each year. Manse, Scarsdale: Skipton – Geelong Road 5.0 51.4 1.4 O O 21 T G IP 0 1 2 3 4 5km IG Bridge 12 K P But by 1977 most people travelled by car 0438 580 247 Skipton Township / Station Ground 1.4 52.8 0.0 S 13 – L 22

N N LINTON – 14 O T T or bus and the station closed. 52.8 km 52.8 km 52.8 km MANNIBADAR RD IN O

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Y RD E E T passenger platform and shelter plus a Y VALL Golden Stream PP HA R Newtown Historic Reserve D Camping Call 000 C loop siding, ramped goods platform and Limited camping facilities are available along the Rail Trail. Triple Zero should only be called when police, fire or

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P livestock loading races. The livestock After they built the line to Skipton the Campsites are available at the Smythesdale Botanic Gardens ambulance attendance is needed in a life-threatening or E lead mine) R T RD D REE facilities were removed in 1956. A revival ON – PIGGO Government decided to build another in Garden Street. Shower facilities, BBQs and a playground time critical situation. O LINT

N in freight came in about 1973 with the line from Newtown south to Cressy and are also located here. To book a campsite phone 5342 8752

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B establishment of a kaolin plant in the Colac. This line was used to serve local or 0418 503 938. ESTA Emergency Markers A Emergency Markers are designed to pinpoint your exact L Happy Valley L A station yard. A long loop siding on the side farmers and the small towns. The line to R location during an emergency in public open spaces or a

A T behind the old passenger platform was The station opened on 10 October Cressy was closed in 1953 and Newtown Pittong Stopover

R Pittong Stopover provides basic short-term accommodation hard to define locality. It is envisaged emergency markers

D installed for the plant and this traffic 1890 with limited facilities; a 70 metre was no longer a junction station. Then for weekend trail users. It has limited cutlery, plates and a will be installed in early 2013 at each of the kilometre became the mainstay of the entire passenger platform, a shelter and one the main use of the station was for BBQ. Users are required to bring their own linen / toiletries. markers located along the Ballarat to Skipton Rail Trail. railway until its closure in 1985. spur siding. The passenger platform school children riding on the rail motor. To book the Pittong Stopover, contact Golden Plains Shire on remained in use in a shortened form 5220 7111. Litter until 1969, when the sta tion was Please carry all rubbish with you as no bins are provided. W O down-graded to a MoADtor Rail stopping Other accommodation Y For more accommodation options visit the websites listed YA place and finally closed iLnO 1976. AK Reporting Faults and Feedback R under the ‘further information’ and ‘community websites’ IV ER sections of this document. A Smartphone App is currently being developed by City of Ballarat to provide information, updates and reporting Bike hire & servicing features. In the interim, contact Council’s Customer Service Team on 5320 5500. Welcome Nugget Bike Hire 128 Lydiard St Nth, Ballarat | Tel. 0423 268 618 Vehicle Access Hours: Contact directly for opening hours Access is provided for management vehicles and emergency vehicles only. Bicycle Centre Ballarat 24-28 Armstrong St Nth, Ballarat | Tel: 5334 4388 Hours: Mon – Thur 9am-5:30pm; Fri 9am-6pm; Sat 9am-1pm

Linton Takeaway Newsagency Puncture kits and air compressor available NORTH 18 Sussex Street | Tel. 5344 7362 0 1 Hours: Mon – Sat 6.30am-8pm; Sun 8am-8pm 2 3 4 5km S