High Country Rail Trail Lake Hume
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64km of Rail Trail Two Stages Meander for 30km along the foreshore of Lake Hume on one of the From Wodonga Visitor Information Centre follow pedestrian Discover the most spectacular rail trails in Australia. A separate equestrian trail crossings of Hovell St, Lawrence St and Thomas Mitchell Drive onto between Sandy Creek and Old Tallangatta means that horses rarely the Rail Trail Link. This 7km paved trail is a mix of service roads and cross the cycling / walking trail. off road bike trails that run along the south side of Thomas Mitchell Further Information No two days, nor two seasons, are the same. The diverse birdlife of Drive, which becomes the Murray Valley Hwy at Bandiana. Follow the the Kiewa River woodlands contrasts with crystal clear reflections from trail along the front of the Blazing Stump Hotel, the Bandiana Army Open seven days, 9.00am to 5.00pm High Country Rail Trail Lake Hume. With regular parking and rest areas along the trail, you can Cinema and Wadsworth Barracks all the way to Kiewa Valley Hwy. It is Accommodation assistance - Maps - Attractions and event explore sections at your leisure or cycle / horse ride from one end to the at this point the trail becomes all off-road. information - Souvenirs and gifts - Bike hire (Wodonga) To To Walwa other, with a warm bed, cold beer and choice of eateries available. When Middle Creek is flooded at Whytes Road, go via the Kiewa Albury Visitor Information Centre Sydney Learn about the significant heritage of this area at the Army Museum, Valley Hwy on Baranduda Trail, left into Baranduda Drive and left along Phone: 1300 252 879 HWY Bonegilla Migrant Experience and the Lake Hume Village. Whytes Rd to the rail trail. Alternatively, head east on the Murray Valley Railway Place, Cnr Smollett & Young streets, Albury www.visitalburywodonga.com RIVERINA Hwy for 3km and right into Gullivers Lane and the rail trail. Albury [email protected] HUME FWY NSW STAGE ONE starts at Whytes Road. The paved Rail Trail Link trail Wodonga Visitor Information Centre becomes a gravel trail for the next 19km to Sandy Creek bridge. This Phone: 1300 796 222 Code of conduct section is suitable for mountain bikes and hybrids. 69 - 73 Hovell St, Wodonga For the safety of other users: www.visitalburywodonga.com The High Country Rail Trail skirts the foreshore of Lake Hume for 30 [email protected] • Please keep left • No trail bikes or vehicles picturesque kilometres. Take a break at the 600-metre long Sandy VIC Bethanga Corryong Visitor Information Centre To Melbourne Bridge • Wheels give way to walkers (mobility scooters excepted) Creek bridge or the nearby picnic tables and viewing platform. The Murray Bellbridge Phone: 02 6076 2277 HUME Bushlands • Horses give way to all users • Respect private property section between Sandy Creek bridge, Tallangatta and the Mitta Mitta 50 Hansen St, Corryong FWY • Keep dogs on leash • Carry in/carry out River is sealed. www.towong.vic.gov.au River [email protected] STAGE TWO is best started at Shelley Station, the former highest Wodonga railway station in Australia. Freewheel downhill for 20km through Pine Other Rail Trails Bonegilla Bethanga Plantations, State Forest and over recently restored trestle bridges. BETHANGA Migrant Tallangatta-Bethanga Rd Find out about the diversity of rail trails through Rail Trails Australia Bushlands The next 15km is scheduled to open next year. Take care crossing the Bushlands Experience PO Box 2127, Oak Park VIC 3046 website: www.railtrails.org.au MACINTOSH ROAD Murray Valley Hwy near Koetong Hotel. Detour onto the Murray Valley MURRAY BONEGILLA ROAD HWY Highway for 2kms from the spectacular 77-metre long Boggy Creek Trestle Bridge. The rough fire trail-type surface is suitable for mountain Our Sponsors PARK 7 POLLARDS ROAD bikes only. VALLEY 2 Bonegilla Ebden Bandiana 1 4 ROAD WHYTES ROAD Lake Boulevard Courthouse Stanley Street Police 3 Hume Koetong Station Our Community Rail Trail Street Darbyshire Station 2 8 Hovell Rd Mt Lawson Rd Murray Valley Hwy Over the past decade, this rail trail has been built and maintained Council Ludlows Reserve Boggy Ck by more than 1,000 community members working together with CHAPPLES Kiewa River High Street The Cube ROAD Bethanga Thomas Bonegilla Rail Trail Advisory Group, Tallangatta Rail Trail Advisory Havelock Lawrence Library/Arts - Mitchell Baranduda MAHERS ROAD Group, Koetong Shelley Development Association and Parklands. Street Koetong Reserve Thomas Mitchell Drive Nilmar Avenue Tallangatta Old Tallangatta Contact Us: 15 JAMIESON Tallangatta-Bethanga Rd McCormacks Rd Parklands Albury Wodonga Granya Rd Beechworth Road MURRAY VALLEY HWY DRIVE 6 12 Rail Trail Shelley Office: 138 Lemke Rd, Gateway Island, Wodonga VIC 3690 Baranduda Edgars Rd Tallangatta Valley Rd Station Postal: PO Box 1040 Wodonga VIC 3689 Bilborough Rd Bilborough Bushlands Soldier Settlers Rd Avondale Rd Tel: 02 6023 6714 Tallangatta-Bethanga Rd 2 Shelley 779m Fax: 02 6023 2425 Tallangatta-Bethanga Rd KIEWA VALLEY HIGHWAY (former highest Victorian station) Email: [email protected] Huon Tatonga YABBA To Yackandandah, Beechworth 6 Website: www.parklands-alburywodonga.org.au and Murray to Mountains Rail Trail 4 4 OMEO Tallangatta ROAD To Updated: December 2015 Yackandandah Murray’s Wayside 623m Stop HWY Koetong Boggy Creek Koetong Creek Koetong Tatonga Inlet Tatonga Regional Parklands and BRYANTS GAP ROAD HUON-KIEWA ROAD Tangambalanga InletSandy Creek High Country Rail Trail LEGEND Kiewa Red Blu 9 Rail Trail with distance Toilets Camping only Albury • Wodonga • Tallangatta • Shelley (Walkers and bikes) Telephone 1 Caravan Park Horses welcome in this Information Accommodation section on adjacent path Road over Future Railtrail Parking Electric BBQ Picnic Facilities Hotel Other Bike Paths Sandy Creek Creek Darbyshire Food and Drink Active Railway Station Railway Road over Drinking Water Former Railway Station Major/Minor Road Lookout To Dirt Road Mt Beauty Kiewa River To Mitta Mitta 0 1 2 3 4 5 and Lake Dartmouth To Mitta Mitta Scale in kilometres and Lake Dartmouth 218m Bullioh 205m 192m Tallangatta 193m 176m 181m 194m Ebden Huon Tatonga 156m Sandy Creek Inlet Mitta River Old Tallangatta Bandiana Bonegilla Wodonga Kiewa River GRADIENT CHART 0 km 7 10 13 22 35 43 km SEALED GRAVEL SEALED GRAVEL SINGLE TRACK Profile sourced: www.victorianrailway.net Accommodation Binderee Grove B&B Redgum Bed & Breakfast Arts & Culture MAMA (Murray Art Museum History & Heritage Annual Events • Tallangatta 50s Festival (October) Cycle Station 1497 Murray Valley Hwy, Tallangatta Albury) • Tallangatta Tall Trestle Treadle 480 Young St, Albury Sandy Creek Tel 0408 800 655 For enquiries about accommodation please contact the Albury or Gateway Village 546 Dean St, Albury Army Museum Bandiana • Chryslers on the Murray, (October) Tel 02 6041 4388 Wodonga Visitor Information Centres. Tel 02 6071 8610 www.tallangattabnb.com Lincoln Causeway, Wodonga Tel 02 6043 5800 Gaza Ridge Barracks, Wodonga (March) www.cyclestationalbury.com.au [email protected] Tullimbar Log Cabins Tel 02 6022 9300 www.mamalbury.com.au • Wodonga Gold Cup (November) bike hire & repairs www.visitalburywodonga.com Bike and horse rider Anderson Rd, South Bandiana • North East Food & Wine Festival, 7462 Murray Valley Hwy, a great place to buy fabulous arts • Wodonga Boxing Day Races The Full Cycle of Albury Warrina Motor Inn Boathaven Holiday Park accommodation ArtSpace Wodonga Tel 02 6055 2525 Wodonga (March) Bullioh and crafts, or just get inspired Cnr Lawrence & Hovell Streets, (December) 523 Macauley St, Albury 31 High St, Wodonga VIC 3690 33 Boathaven Rd, Lakelands Caravan Park Tel 02 6072 5286 Book 24 hours in advance • Commercial Club Albury Gold Wodonga Tel 02 6023 2268 Tel 02 6024 2211 Ebden VIC 3691 Queen Elizabeth Dr, Tallangatta www.facebook.com/Tullimbar- Roe Paton Studio and Gallery Bonegilla Migrant Experience Cup (March) www.fullcycle.com.au [email protected] 02 6071 2661 Tel 02 6022 9600 Tel 02 6020 6130 Log-Cabins-Bullioh/ 15-19 Towong St, Tallangatta 82 Bonegilla Rd, Bonegilla • Man From Snowy River, Bike Hire & Repairs bike hire & repairs ★★★✩ Backs onto Gateway www.aspenparks.com.au www.facebook.com/ Tel 02 6071 2944 www.wodonga.vic.gov.au LakelandsCaravanPark Koetong Pub Tel 02 6020 6912 Corryong (April) Wodonga Visitor Information Island bike trail ★★★★✩ sc, caravans & camping Murray Valley Hwy, Koetong Yindyamarra Sculpture Trail Bike Culture ★★✩ sc, caravans & camping Tallangatta Museum www.bonegilla.org.au • Fishy (Murray) Trail Run & Half Centre Quest Wodonga Ibis Styles Albury Lake Hume Tel 02 6072 7530 Along the Wagirra Trail from 2/435 Dean St, Albury 15-19 Towong St, Tallangatta The “Beginning Place” historical Marathon, Wodonga (April) Tel 02 6021 6081 69-73 Hovell St, Wodonga 46 Reid St, Resort Tallangatta Hotel Basic pub-style Albury to Wonga Wetlands Wodonga VIC 3690 77 Towong St, Tallangatta VIC Tel 02 6071 2227 cultural centre open daily 10am • Milk Run (April) www.bikeculture.com.au Tel 1300 796 222 Lake Hume Village, NSW 2640 Shelley Forest Camp www.visitalburywodonga.com Tel 02 6043 8300 Tel 02 6071 2513 Open: Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm, Natural Heritage to 4pm Tel 02 6026 4444 Avondale Rd, Shelley Sat 9.00am-12.00pm • Nail Can Hill Run (May) Bike Edge bike hire between 9am-4.30pm www.questapartments.com.au Basic pub-style 1 Moorefield Park Dr, Wodonga ★★★★✩ www.ibisstyles.com Tel 02 6072 7531 Jarvis Creek, Mt Granya and • Whistlestop High Tea (May) 2hr, half-day or full-day ★★★✩ Tallangatta