by CMRT | Jul 22, 2024 | Campaigns
Why this petition matters The Castlemaine Maryborough Rail Trail members and supporters cherish the tranquility and natural beauty of our proposed rail trail. The development of a broiler farm that may make approximately 1.3 kilometres of this trail unusable, due to a...
by CMRT | Jul 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
In this final installment of a four part series tracing the history of the Castlemaine-Maryborough railway line, David Tuck looks at the early successful running followed by the slow and inevitable demise of the line. Part 3 finished with Mark Twain’s scathing...
by CMRT | Jul 3, 2024 | News
On Sunday 7th July 2024 we cerebrated 150 years since regular train services began on the Moolort Railway Line (Castlemaine to Maryborough) on 7th July 1874. Construction of the line commenced with the first sod turning ceremony at Castlemaine on the 7th Sept 1872....
by CMRT | Jun 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
This is the third of a four-part series by CMRT’s David Tuck, discussing the history of the Castlemaine-Maryborough railway line. Part 2 described the context for railway expansion in Victoria; Part 3 looks at our specific line. Having built superbly engineered lines...
by CMRT | Jun 17, 2024 | Campaigns
We have an unexpected challenge – there is a proposal to build a broiler (chicken meat) farm next to the rail corridor where our Rail Trail will run. Apart from the smell and look of this factory-style building, there will be a ‘bio-security zone’...
