East Gippsland Rail Trail
The East Gippsland Rail Trail starts at Howitt Park on the east bank of the Mitchell River at Bairnsdale , past farmland for 10 Kms to Nicholson (sealed surface) with its spectacular bridge over the river.
Then 22 Kms on to Bruthen and across the Tambo River, up into the Colquhoun forest en route to Nowa Nowa and Lake Tyers at the 59 Km mark.
The section east from Nowa Nowa opened on 28 January 2006 completing the trail to its the final destination at Orbost on the iconic Snowy River. This completes a nearly 100 Km rail trail.
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East Gippsland Rail Trail
Latest News
Trail sadness
Letters to the editor - Bairnsdale Advertiser 17/02/2021 Dear Editor,- We read with sadness in...
Rail trail funding setback
The East Gippsland Rail Trail Committee of Management has expressed dismay that its application...
Rail trail on track for major upgrades
When the volunteers of the East Gippsland Rail Trail committee of management heard there was a...
Great things happening on East Gippsland Rail Trail
Volunteer committee members of East Gippsland Rail Trail Committee of Management have been busy...
Rail trail ready
A $100,000 upgrade of the East Gippsland Rail Trail has been completed in time for the busy summer...
Stratford Primary School
One of the highlights of this year at Stratford Primary School involved a group of Grade 5 & 6...
Trail works get underway
East Gippsland Rail Trail committee of management has secured funding from the Federal Government,...
A sign of great things ahead
Great things are happening on the East Gippsland Rail Trail, with new trail distance signs showing...
East Gippsland shines for cyclists
East Gippsland shone as 130 cyclists hit the East Gippsland Rail Trail for the sixth Great East...