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Opening the first section of BBIRT in a Few Days, an Overview

old black and white photo of workers building the Many Peaks railway

Lots of people follow us on Facebook. I was reminded the other day that many do not use it. Here is a catch-up and some photos which may give you an idea of where we are up to. In December 2017, Desley O’Grady (Councillor, Gladstone Regional Council) facilitated community forums with participation of fifty-five (55) …

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A Great Job

a pile of gravel at the entrance to a railway tunnel

Gregor is from Kalpowar which is a village at the top of the range close to the Dawes Range Tunnels. He offered to do some clean up work at the tunnels. TMR had recently done work fixing and cleaning up a gravel slip above one of the tunnels. It had another slip recently. I cannot …

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A Survey about naming parts of the Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail

Branding is important for marketing and public recognition. The Feasibility Study author, in his report recommended three sections be developed first on the Trail. He refers to them as “The Awoonga Lake Rail Trail, The Kalpowar Tunnels Rail Trail and the Burnett River Bridges Rail Trail”. To the best of my knowledge, naming the first …

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Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail, an economic driver for our region

two bikes on a bike rack on the back of a car in traffic

“It’s unbelievable the amount of money that’s just flowing down that (Brisbane Valley) rail trail” Leah, owner, Linville Hotel Recently members of Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail traveled to the Brisbane Valley to meet with Ambassadors from that trail. We stayed a few days to have a look around and drove the highway from Fernvale …

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