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Hume and Hovell Walking Track To Seven Creek Bells Sydney Mile Mile Reserve Discover the Red Light Eight Mile Eight Creek Creek 34 Creek Mile Hill 32 44 Regional Bushlands Nine Creek Six shed Mile Wool To Creek Corowa 31 36 30 LAVINGTON THURGOONA 31 Riverina 35 Highway 31 Creek Bells Reserve Corry’s Wood 37 33 31 Woolshed Hume Freeway 36 Riverina Wonga Nail Can Highway Wetlands Hill To 41 Lake Hume 40 Village Padman Park ALBURY 29 Murray River REF TRACK NAME DISTANCE GRADE SURFACE C / O To River Melbourne 8 38 39 1 Klinges Hill 6 Hard FT C 11 2 Swainsona 0.6 Medium WT C 43 3 Ridge 4 Hard WT C 4 Huntchy Mountain Bike tracks 15 Hard ST O Murray 5 Hunchback 3 Hard FT O 42 6 Federation 3 Medium FT O Parklands 7 Carex 6 Medium FT O Gateway Oce 8 Murray (West Wodonga) 11 Easy FT O 9 Murray (Belvoir) 2 Easy PT O Island 12 10 Lincoln Causeway 4 Easy PT O Bushlands 10 28 11 Murray (Gateway West) 3 Easy FT O 13 Murray 28 12 Murray (Gateway Wetlands) 2 Easy FT C Hume Freeway 13 Murray (Gateway East) 5 Easy PT C 14 Murray (Browns Island) 10 Easy FT C Klinges River 15 Kiewa 6 Easy FT O 14 16 Stringybark 2 Hard WT O Hill 17 Sheoke 3 Medium WT C 9 Wodonga 15 18 Butt Butt 2 Hard FT O Creek 19 Bundy 3 Hard ST O 1 20 Mistletoe 2 Medium ST C 5 LAKE 21 Killara 1 Easy FT O Huon Hill 19 22 Kiewa (Tangambalanga) 22 Easy ST O HUME 23 Mahers Hill 3 Hard FT C Hunchback Hill WODONGA Kiewa River Bushlands 4 Bushlands 20 Bonegilla Migrant 24 Tank 3 Medium FT O 2 3 25 Skink 4 Hard FT C 17 Experience 26 Lizard 3 Medium ST O 18 27 Mountain Bike tracks 2 Medium ST C Swainsona 16 28 Murray (Heywoods) 7 Easy FT O Murray Valley Highway 29 Murray (Waterworks) 1 Easy FT C Reserve 6 30 Table Top 6 Easy PT O 31 Hume & Hovell 400 Medium ST O 7 32 Eight Mile 4 Medium ST O 21 22 33 Thurgoona 6 Easy PT O Federation Hill 34 Red Light 2 Hard FT O High Country Rail Trail Safety in the parks 35 Bungambrawartha 6 Easy PT O 36 Nail Can Hill (Ridge) 11 Medium FT O Ebden Visitors to our parks are expected 37 Nail Can Hill Mountain Bike tracks 30 Hard ST C BANDIANA to respect nature and history. 38 Wagirra 6 Easy PT O Reserve All native plants and animals, 39 Leany Tree 3 Medium ST C geological features, and historic 40 Monument Hill 1 Medium WT C and cultural remains are protected 41 Wonga Wetlands 4 Easy FT C N and must not be disturbed or 42 Eastern Hill 2 Medium WT O removed. 43 Mungabareena 4 Easy FT C 44 Woomargama 8 Hard ST O Visitor Information Centre 23 Keep wildlife wild Mahers Do not feed or handle animals PT Paved trail Information Shelter Ludlows or birds – for their health and FT Farm Track (hybrids, mountain bikes & walkers) Hill your safety. ST Single Track (mountain bikes & walkers) LEGEND Car parking WT Walking Track (walkers only) Reserve Stay on walking tracks C Circuit (return to start point) Toilets – for your safety as well as to O One way (if returning to start, double distance) protect wildlife, plants and soils. parklands managed bushlands Picnic facilities Castle Creek Easy Level surface with gentle undulations Dogs are welcome Medium Uneven surface with some steep sections Walking Track Grade 1 Bushlands – on a leash excluding Wonga Hard Rough surface with sustained steep sections Kiewa River Other bushlands (wheelchair accessible) Wetlands. Walking Track Grade 2 (easy) Carry in / carry out Our Community Bushlands Do not burn or bury your Central business districts (CBD) Walking Track Grade 3 (medium) Parklands Albury Wodonga is a community managed, community rubbish. 24 To driven social enterprise that takes a “people first approach” to tackling Walking Track Grade 4 (hard) Tallangatta Be fire aware complex social, community and environmental challenges. Walking / Bike tracks (existing) 27 – and observe total fire bans. Cycling 26 Contact us to find out how to get involved or make a tax deductible Camping is not permitted donation. Walking / Bike tracks (proposed) Views Baranduda No vehicles and motorbikes Bird Hide – except registered vehicles Bushlands 25 driven by licensed drivers on Scale 1:25,000 Barbecue facilities formed roads open to public 0 250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 vehicles. Please drive carefully to Metres Drinking Water avoid injuring wildlife. parklands the benefits are endless... 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