by Admin CMRT | May 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
After a thorough and rigorous tender process, Castlemaine Maryborough Rail Trail Inc. (CMRT) has appointed Fitzgerald Frisby Landscape Architecture (FFLA) in collaboration with a team of specialised subconsultants to lead Stage 2 of the Castlemaine to Maryborough Rail...
by Admin CMRT | May 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
A new rail Trail has opened only 1.5 hours drive north east from Castlemaine. On Saturday, 17 May 2025, the Waranga Rail Trail was officially opened at Rushworth. The ceremony coincided with the town’s monthly market, and was attended by a large group of...
by Admin CMRT | May 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
On a recent trip to the Gold Coast, Ken Stewart, CMRT Committee member and Jennie Stewart scheduled two days to ride the two completed sections of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail (https://www.northernriversrailtrail.com.au/). The original railway line ran for 132 km...
by Admin CMRT | Feb 23, 2025 | Volunteering
The Hauraki Rail Trail is situated 1.5 hour’s drive south east from Auckland. It follows the course of a railway line that ceased operating in the 1980s. The main part of the trail is on attractive, mainly flat, farming countryside parallel to the hills of the...
by Admin CMRT | Feb 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
CMRT learnt that it had been successful in gaining a Grant of $400,000 from the Victorian Government Enabling Tourism Fund to complete the Pre-Construction stage of the rail trail in August 2024. The $400,000 Grant is supplemented by co-funding of $40,000 from Central...
