Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail
Planning a new future for an old railway
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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 …
The interest in, and enhanced experience of seeing the hogbacks in place is remarkable. Leaving these hog-backs in place would would leave a testament to a society and people who lived along the corridor and a way of life now gone. … Continue reading
Walking the rail tunnels which are located in the southern end of the Boyne Valley and easily accessed from Kalpowar at the top of the range, is a remarkable experience.
You are taken into another world via a remarkably easy gentle gradient walk through some very rugged Australian bush. The tunnels are a tribute to the excellent engineering skills and sheer hard labour of our forebears. … Continue reading